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Sep. 08, 2020 12:35PM EST

Two problems in a few days for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Boeing Admits!! Again, Another New Quality Issue On The 787 And Tallies More 737 MAX Cancellations To...

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September 8, 2020 - by Dominic Gates for www.seattletimes.com

Boeing on Tuesday disclosed a new manufacturing quality issue with the 787 Dreamliner, this time with assembly of the airplane's horizontal tail in Salt Lake City. The disclosure comes after last week's revelations of quality control problems at Boeing's South Carolina plant affecting the 787's aft fuselage.

Boeing also released data Tuesday showing the tally of lost 737 MAX orders this year is now approaching 1,000 jets.

During fabrication in Salt Lake of the 787's horizontal tail — known as the stabilizer — engineers discovered earlier this year that "certain components were clamped together during the build process with greater force than specified," potentially leaving the structure with...

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American Airlines Plans Pilot Training On Boeing 737 MAX In November...

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September 23, 2020 - by Leslie Josephs for www.cnbc.com

American Airlines is planning to start training its pilots on the still-grounded Boeing 737 MAX this November, according to a company memo sent Monday.

The jets were grounded worldwide in March 2019 after two crashes killed 346 people, prompting software and other changes on the aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration is going through some of the last steps that would allow the planes to fly again but hasn't provided a specific timeline.

The FAA last month issued the safety changes needed for the planes to return to service. Public comments on those changes are due Monday.

An American Airlines spokesman said that the company hasn't made any "definitive plans" on the MAX and that the pilot training date can be adjusted based on regulators' work...

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Caution And Warning System In The 737 Is As Archaic As The Airframe Design...

Analyzing (Boeing 737 MAX) aircraft failures can be like hunting for Easter eggs...

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September 23, 2020 - by Sean Broderick for avionweek.com

"The caution and warning system in the 737 is as archaic as the airframe design. I flew jets made far earlier than the first 737 with a better system," said Woolman, a former B-52 pilot and Rockwell B-1 bomber flight instructor. "Properly analyzing aircraft failures can be like hunting for Easter eggs, especially if struggling with basic aircraft control."

WASHINGTON—Calls for an additional angle-of-attack indicator and concerns over the flight crew's ability to manually trim the aircraft in an emergency are among the issues highlighted in the initial set of comments on the FAA's proposed requirements to approve the Boeing 737 MAX's service return.

Boeing's proposed fixes including software modifications that use data from both MAX...

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Boeing 737 fuselages in production at a Spirit AeroSystems' site - Twitter

Spirit Not To Acquire Asco And Describes Bombardier US$500 Million Asset Buy As Uncertain...

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September 22, 2020 - by Jon Hemmerdinger for www.flightglobal.com

Spirit AeroSystems expects not to close its planned $420 million acquisition of Belgium company Asco and has raised uncertainty about closing a planned $500 million purchase of Bombardier's commercial aviation businesses.

Wichita-based Spirit, which makes airframes and aircraft components, says the European Commission is unlikely to approve its purchase of aerospace component supplier Asco by the deal's 1 October deadline.

At that time, the purchase agreement will "automatically terminate", and Spirit does not intend to extend the deadline.

Additionally, "there can be no assurances" that conditions related to Spirit's planned Bombardier acquisition will be met by that...

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Boeing SC makes its case for 787 production consolidation—and it favors South Carolina

Report: Boeing Gearing Up To Move 787 Production Out Of Everett

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September 22, 2020 - by q13fox.com

Sources inside Boeing say the company is "all but certain" to consolidate its 787 productions in South Carolina, according to a report from Reuters.

Boeing said earlier this summer that it was studying what such a move could look like.

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"In a second quarter earnings call, CEO David Calhoun was going to start studying that prospect with consolidating into one location. And I along with many others believe that it would be in Charleston," he said.

When asked about the relationship the aviation giant has with the state, some said that may have been a factor as well.

"To say there's a strained relationship, Sure, it might be strained.

But I highly...

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Health Officials Want Detailed Passenger Information - COVID19

COVID-19 May Have Reached 11,000 People on Planes...

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September 22, 2020 - by Jason Devaney for www.newsmax.com

Almost 11,000 people may have been exposed to the coronavirus on airplanes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

According to The Washington Post, the CDC investigated 1,600 people who traveled by air who were at risk of spreading SARS-CoV-2 and concluded that nearly 11,000 people could have been exposed.

The data on virus transmission on planes, however, is lacking, so a definitive number of virus carriers and people who have gotten sick on airplanes is unknown....

"An absence of ...

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Airbus A220 Operators Advised To Monitor Pratt & Whitney Engine Over Stall Risk - Photo: Pratt & Whitney, Mirabel, Quebec, Canada

Military Contractor Raytheon Cuts 15,000 Jobs Including Pratt & Whitney — CEO Still Earns Millions

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September 22, 2020 - by Jack Kelly for www.forbes.com

Raytheon Technologies, a large U.S. defense contractor, announced plans to lay off over 15,000 people.

The cuts will affect the workers at the company's jet engine-builder, Pratt & Whitney, and its aviation and military equipment manufacturer, Collins Aerospace. A number of Raytheon's business divisions have been adversely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

At a Morgan Stanley investment conference, Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes said, "I would tell you the commercial aero team has jumped on this crisis, and they're driving about $2 billion in cost reduction and $4 billion in cash conservation actions this year.

These cost actions include the elimination of more than 15,000 positions across our commercial aerospace and corporate organizations.

Those headcount reductions are nearly double the previous estimate of around 8,500 that we gave you back in July.

And we're not done yet looking for further ways to reduce structural costs...

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U.S. regulator seeks to fine Boeing $5.4 million for defective parts on 737 MAX planes

Union For FAA’s Safety Engineers Urges More Changes To Boeing 737 MAX Before It Can Fly Again

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September 22, 2020 - by Dominic Gates for www.seattletimes.com

A union representing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airplane safety engineers who work on certifying new aircraft called Monday for substantial upgrades to the flight crew alerting systems and other changes on Boeing's 737 MAX before the plane is allowed to return to the air.

The union's comments came on the final day for public comment on the FAA's proposed design changes, with more than 200 responses posted by late afternoon.

The FAA's own technical experts argue that fixing the flawed flight control system that caused the two crashes is not enough and that Boeing must also address the serious confusion that played out in the cockpit in both emergencies....

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A Lost Decade For Aircraft Manufacturers, Suppliers. Thanks To COVID19...

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September 21, 2020 - by Judson Rollins, Bjorn Fehrm & Scott Hamilton for leehamnews.com

Commercial aviation is facing a lost decade due to COVID.

Yes, most forecasts target 2024-2025 as returning to 2019 passenger traffic and aircraft production levels.

However, LNA in July published its own analysis indicating full recovery may not occur until 2028. Breathless headlines notwithstanding, it will take years for vaccines to be widely available and considered safe by enough of the world's population. Growing concern about vaccine production and distribution capacity through 2024 underscores this view.

Even Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly said earlier this month that business travel might not fully return for a decade.

Indeed, the 2020s may well be a lost decade for aircraft manufacturers and...

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Yes, The United States Did Draw Up A Plan To Drop 80 Nuclear Weapons On North Korea

In 2017, a war between North Korea and the United States was much "much closer than anyone would know,"...

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September 20, 2020 - by THOMAS NEWDICK for www.thedrive.com

Current nuclear war plans are among any nuclear-armed military's most closely guarded secrets. Details of one such attack plan recently became available, however, revealing that the United States envisaged using 80 nuclear weapons in case of war with North Korea. The way this particular detail emerged is also pretty unusual — the associated passage appeared in U.S. journalist Bob Woodward's book Rage, detailing President Trump's administration, which was published this week.

In fact, the particular quote from the book was not entirely clear:

"The Strategic Command in Omaha had carefully reviewed and studied OPLAN 5027 for regime change in North Korea — the U.S. response to an attack that could include the use of 80 nuclear weapons."

This can be read two ways: a potential attack from the North could involve the use of 80 nuclear...

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