Comments on: Boeing Reports Fourth Quarter Earnings

By: Dougloid

Dougloid — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:14:25 +0000

Private sez “So Boeing still can’t/won’t tell us how many 787s will be delivered in 2010 and 2011. Is it really that difficult?

MOst probably because they dont know for certain that the 787 will be certified…seems plausible.”

That malarkey is why you haven’t earned your PFC stripe. It will be certified-do you think some piss ant government agency is going to hold up the Boeing parade? When have they ever not certified an aircraft?

By: Vero Venia

Vero Venia — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:34:10 +0000

29. Stealth | January 29th, 2010 at 22:17 Is it really that difficult?

Yes.

By: ikkeman

ikkeman — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:42:15 +0000

30. Mike M | January 30th, 2010 at 02:27
is reading really that difficult – or did I cut to close to the truth for you – read again:

from 27. ikkeman | January 29th, 2010 at 08:50
” As I said, I have no doubt the 787 is safe and that Boeing has a plan on how to proof it”

By: Private

Private — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:53:50 +0000

29. Stealth | January 29th, 2010 at 22:17

So Boeing still can’t/won’t tell us how many 787s will be delivered in 2010 and 2011. Is it really that difficult?

MOst probably because they dont know for certain that the 787 will be certified…seems plausible.

By: Mike M

Mike M — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:27:02 +0000

Ikkeman

Your scare stories are BS:

http://boeingblogs.com/randy/archives/2007/09/testing_testing.html

The 787 is safe whether you like it or not.

You starting to sound like that retard Vince Weldon and the TV loser Dan Rather after their anti-787 broadcast.

By: Stealth

Stealth — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:17:13 +0000

So Boeing still can’t/won’t tell us how many 787s will be delivered in 2010 and 2011. Is it really that difficult?

By: Chris Wallace

Chris Wallace — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:33:11 +0000

Boeing has been performing tests and “pre-certification” on a number of 787 components in conjunction with the FAA, so it’s not like Boeing and the FAA entered the flight test program with absolutely no idea how the 787′s CFRP structure would perform during said program.

By: ikkeman

ikkeman — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:50:41 +0000

25. Erik Bloodaxe | January 28th, 2010 at 22:27
nope, not Jer

26. Dougloid | January 28th, 2010 at 22:37
military certification is quite a bit different than commercial.

As I said, I have no doubt the 787 is safe and that Boeing has a plan on how to proof it. Only thing I’m saying is that the biggest risk to the program at this point is Boeing and the FAA disagreeing on how to show compliance to the FAR’s.

I don’t think it’s likely, but it is a large risk.
the largest left.

By: Dougloid

Dougloid — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:37:36 +0000

Ikkeman sez “The risk is in convincing the FAA that some of the “softer” requirements are met by carbon composite. As in fumes produced in case of fire, survivablility in a crash, accidental damage detection and repair…”

Well, a lot of that work is already in the can over on the military side where the B2 and F117 programs reside.

By: Erik Bloodaxe

Erik Bloodaxe — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:27:34 +0000

20. Jerry1t | January 28th, 2010 at 15:03
The risk is in convincing the FAA that some of the “softer” requirements are met by carbon composite. As in fumes produced in case of fire, survivablility in a crash, accidental damage detection and repair…

Ah the ol’ fire smoke and tox foil… this has been debunked time and time again. There is but one very vocal yokle crank out there making noise and conspiracy theories. Is that YOU Jer?