Seems like the title is a bit deceptive. It mentions multiple airliners from both Boeing and Airbus, that are potentially in need of having engine components replaced, due to defects introduced by GE Aerospace.
FTA: "As per FlightGlobal, the FAA’s proposal is the latest in a series of regulatory actions that have been taken in response to the discovery of iron inclusion in several types of GE Aerospace engines, including the GEnx and CFM International Leap turbofans. The GEnx powers Boeing 787 aircraft, while the Leap powers Boeing 737 Max and Airbus A320neo-family aircraft."
Boeing executives need to be jailed and the company needs to be restructured immediately
While I don’t necessarily disagree with the sentiment, you must also understand that Boeing makes precisely zero engines for its commercial airframes. In the context of this article, the companies you should direct your ire to are GE and CFM International.
Having been an insider in the industry, absolutely yes, GE is a shitshow. The schedules and budgets are too tight and don't allow for mistakes, and engineers are terrified to come forward when they find issues.
Wow, that’s… alarming. I didn’t know their engineering culture had degraded that much. I’ve got an uncle who’s a Mech E who worked there for years and loved it, but he left well over a decade ago to work in renewables.
Its a problem across the entire aerospace industry, I saw the same thing at P&W too.
I was not at all surprised that the chickens came to roost in the 737 Max crashes. I suspect a lot of the issues come from the FAA allowing companies to cut corners for cost savings.
And even more issues came to a head when the FAA delegated inspections and audits to the companies they were supposed to be inspecting and auditing in the first place. I mean… what the fuck. That’s OBVIOUSLY completely idiotic.
For buying engines from GE? That also affect Airbus jets too?
Like what are you saying.
That they also didn’t even buy because its the customer that buys the engines.
Not sure why people are downvoting you, because that’s more or less exactly how buying a factory-fresh civil airliner works.
Glad you spoke up, let's get you in as new CEO..
-Boeing’s board, in the mid 90s
Dead bodies
This is the metric that the FAA and aircraft manufacturers use to fix a problem.
If the body count rises to triple digits then they'll think of doing something.
The type of bodies also matter. A North America or European one is equivalent to two Asians or five Africans.
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