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| Gyro:
--- Quote from: Towger on July 30, 2019, 05:14:12 am ---I think Ryanair are too optimistic. Their Max 8200s are a different version, which will require additional/separate certification from the normal smaller Max 8. According to the article the delay will reduce growth, not lead to layoffs. The Max was grounded a couple of weeks before their first one was due to arrive, they are not struck with them on the ground. As announced yesterday, Mick is planning on reducing UK flights, which will free up aircraft to expand other routes. --- End quote --- Ryan is always too optimistic, he thinks he can treat his passengers like cattle and his pilots and cabin crew like shit and get away with it long term. I doubt he has is overly worried about cutting his routes as long as he keeps raking in the money. EDIT: Or loose sleep over planes he hasn't paid for. |
| Towger:
Those 100+ Max 8200s are probably already generating income for him from Boeing, as they payout for non delivery. It would not be first time Mick 'raped the f*ckers', to use his own words. |
| windsmurf:
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| Towger:
Nothing in that article about the flight computer issue (286 not powerful enough and bit swapping), which is probably an even bigger job to fix. |
| floobydust:
Boeing is redesigning the 737 max flight control software to dual-channel, as it should have been starting decades ago. Some of us know safety-critical dual-channel systems take time to code and test. This "extra 3 month delay"... Muilenburg may have problems finding competent engineers to write this software. You decimate your engineering staff and then expect magic software finished in 3 months to get the planes back in the air? :palm: I am pretty skeptical Boeing has the capability to even write and test this software, and on a 3 month schedule is absurd. The FAA and then European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have to do their tests. It seems surreal, and high risk if an old CPU is tasked with more work and less memory. You never rush and push safety software/hardware engineering. source: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/newly-stringent-faa-tests-spur-a-fundamental-software-redesign-of-737-max-flight-controls/ |
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