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Reminds me of the MCAS incidents, but I don't think any of the 787 variants even have MCAS. Whatever it was, Boeing can NOT catch a break...
Mar 12, 2024 12:50 AM
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Reminds me of the MCAS incidents, but I don't think any of the 787 variants even have MCAS. Whatever it was, Boeing can NOT catch a break...
DodgyMerchant
I experienced Clear Air Turbulence a couple of times. Some surprising people used unexpected adjectives and nouns.
littlecoatfatguy
Lots to hate about Boeing right now, this isn't among them. Clear-air turbulence affects all aircraft sooner or later. For example, last year: https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/lufthansa-airbus-sue-passenger
DrForester
It's important to note that while Boeing has a lot of issues with the 737-MAX, other aircraft types have been in service for quite some time, and problems with those are more likely with the airline's maintenance.
MuseMatar
Had that happen on a school bus as a kid. Fricken hurts.
DodgyMerchant
How to taint a whole brand.
LucidPariah
Did they go... Boing off the ceiling?
ShiftingPattern
I suspect it was more of a series of sharp cracks, a few dull thuds, and quite a bit of profanity along with some pleas for divine intervention.
TiredSnowball
This is what happens when engineers are replaced by people wanting to make the maximum profit. Boeing has been unfortunately down the hill for years. Now it's just predictable consequences of its enshittyfication.
Madchant
I was at Boeing when "Shareholder Value" became the #1 priority for engineering over "Air Safety" etc. Management's position was that things like safety and efficiency were ways to deliver shareholder value, but you can only trim so much excess weight and achieve so much optimization before the only thing left to do is cutting progressively less innocuous corners. The trajectory of 'shareholder value' was clear to us engineers, and we knew it was only a matter of time before it caused problems.