[RM Motorsports]

Boeing whistleblower Sam Salehpour testified before a Senate subcommittee, where he told senators he received “physical threats” after raising concerns about the manufacturing process for the 787 Dreamliner and the 777.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP0xhIe1LFE

[RM Motorsports]

The Boeing 767 aircraft, a FedEx cargo plane had a fault with its front landing gear, causing it to faceplant as it landed. The incident took place at Istanbul Airport.

There were no casualties except for Boeing’s safety record and share price.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyAhxL2e54w

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by RM Motorsports

The Boeing 767 aircraft, a FedEx cargo plane had a fault with its front landing gear, causing it to faceplant as it landed.

Eeee-ouch! I wonder what it is like to be aboard a plane that does that?

[vharihar]

Boeing 737 skids off runway in Senegal: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce5ljpnggp4o

https://avherald.com/h?article=51867a11&opt=0

And the hits keep coming ...

[Jeroen]

Originally Posted by vharihar

Boeing 737 skids off runway in Senegal: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce5ljpnggp4o

https://avherald.com/h?article=51867a11&opt=0

And the hits keep coming ...

Lots of focus on Boeing these days. Rightly so. However, these sort of incident happen every day. Not only with Boeing, but with Airbus too. And other manufacturers too. Worldwide 5-6 incidents every day.

This sort of accident has nothing to do with Boeing current challenges.

Follow the AviationHarald for a week or so. It will give some idea on what is “normal” in aviation.

https://avherald.com/

Jeroen

[silversteed]

Originally Posted by Jeroen

... This sort of accident has nothing to do with Boeing current challenges. ...

Airliners going around on approach hit the news as though there's been a terrible crash.

Blame the mainstream media that goes after sensationalism rather than facts. Then there are all sorts of analysts and know-it-all armchair experts on Social Media.

In this melee, things like FDTL and things that actually matter a lot more for safety aren't given the importance they deserve.

[RM Motorsports]

Data about Airline Incidents by NTSB up till Feb 2024.

[BravoMike]

Originally Posted by RM Motorsports

Data about Airline Incidents by NTSB up till Feb 2024.

This data has to be read with the fact that US airlines have more Boeings than Airbus. Though that will only justify some fraction of the gap and not completely.

With Boeing there are some quality concerns that are coming to the fore nowadays, but cant say the entire fleet is unsafe. Incidents in aircrafts less than 1-2 yrs of age are Boeing's fault and older aircraft incidents are to be looked at from maintenance perspective also.

[Samurai]

Boeing used to be a great company dominated by engineers. The people at the top were engineers as the their core foundation and education.

The downfall of the company began a few decades ago when the leadership was captured by finance guys. The current CEO has a degree in accounting.

Ever since then, Boeing has been in a slow decline.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1805643355768111580

This stuff should be common sense... that the CEO of a product company should know how the product is built. However, the status quo in most companies is not so. That leads to decisions that compromise the quality of the product.

[rajivtelang]

Originally Posted by RM Motorsports

Data about Airline Incidents by NTSB up till Feb 2024.

Isn't it odd to see almost similar pattern in both airlines graphs? Both going high and low around same timeline? Difference is in numbers only. Is there a serious reason behind it? If so, Boeing alone isn't at fault, right?

[Merril]

Originally Posted by rajivtelang

Isn't it odd to see almost similar pattern in both airlines graphs? Both going high and low around same timeline? Difference is in numbers only. Is there a serious reason behind it? If so, Boeing alone isn't at fault, right?

Rajiv - the dip is explained by the pandemic, air travel would be at a minimum, and then started picking up. Apart from those two years, the numbers of incidents (absolute) keep climbing, since number of people flying and, by extension, number of aircraft flying are also increasing. Perhaps, better way to look at this graph would be incidents per flying hour - that would give the true picture. Incidents per flying mile may be skewed since the risks may be similar irrespective of long haul or regional flights (considering that most incidents happen during take off or landing phases).

[Jeroen]

Originally Posted by RM Motorsports

Data about Airline Incidents by NTSB up till Feb 2024.

Useless statistics. Boeing and Airbus are global players. NTSB only has visibility on incident in USA. There are far more Boeing aircraft in the USA than Airbus. So if you would look at it from incident per flight hour you would get a very different result.

This is probably a bit more realistic research

A recent analysis of airline incident data from 2010 to 2019 suggests that Boeing aircraft have a lower frequency of crashes per million flights compared to Airbus.However, both manufacturers have implemented extensive safety measures and maintain impressive safety records overall, with similar fatality rates per million flights for their core narrowbody models.
Despite Boeing's historical reputation for reliability, a closer examination reveals that the safety performance of Boeing and Airbus aircraft is quite comparable, with their newest models aligning closely in terms of accident rates

Source:
https://www.mightytravels.com/2024/0...afety-records/

Makes for interesting reading

Jeroen

[ads11]

Came across a video yesterday that the new Boeing CEO is going to be based at Seattle

https://youtu.be/foRlim1EMco?si=GzfUqIFDEx-gSFJX

It's obviously good that the top man is back at the home base of the company next to the engineers and mechanics but no news yet of the corporate HQ moving en masse. Everyone found it fitting when they moved from Chicago to Arlington to essentially be as close as possible to the Pentagon and the Hill so that they could lobby lawmakers and decision makers. I'll wait to see if the new CEO manages to move that bunch back to Seattle - that'll the be truly symbolic move to try and turn back a page to what worked in the halcyon days. The rest of the execs will probably only move back home kicking and screaming.

I also can't help but wonder if this is a Seattle based company CEO trying to avoid the negative PR of working from elsewhere (looking at you Starbucks and your new CEO commuting in from California).

[Vijay T]

I also can't help but wonder if this is a Seattle based company CEO trying to avoid the negative PR of working from elsewhere (looking at you Starbucks and your new CEO commuting in from California).[/quote]

I really wonder what could be the logic & mentality of the star bucks CEO to travel to workplace by flying thousands miles every day just to avoid relocating in new house.

It doesn't bode well for Starbucks & in general Top Honchos.
Sheer waste of natural resources.

It makes Warren Buffett 's simplicity ( living in his old house & travelling in commercial flights ) still bigger in ones eyes.