Apr
25
Strange. Whenever there is a problem over at Airbus the doom merchants are on here posting like mad. Yet now, when Boeing announce some hitches in the Dreamliner program it is oh so quiet!
Just thought I would try to stimulate a little healthy debate. 
CharlesM, they would have to go some to beat the A380 EIS date, as Singapore Airlines start operations on 25th October this year! Also, I do know where to look for the right information, I just choose to not totally believe the spin put out by Boeing’s PR department. I have thought i inevitable, for some time, that this program would experience slippage - I stand by that, and still feel that the dates will slip further, maybe by 3-6 months. Not as bad as Airbus, but hey…..
It was inevitable that an aircraft so advanced would encounter problems, and for Boeing to claim otherwise was foolish. For a number of years they have capitalised on every shortcoming, minor or major, within Airbus; the phrase “chickens coming home to roost” springs to mind.
Wolf, I’m not disagreeing with you. I think the Dreamliner is a wonderful and revolutionary aircraft and I look forward to seeing it in the skies. It seems you are involved with the program, and you should rightly be proud of what you are all achieving.
But I think you have also made my point for me - if you are doing something this revolutionary there are going to be unforeseen problems and some delay is inevitable. Boeing are on record as saying how well the flight testing of the 787 software was going - and now they announce a problem with that! They maintain that they will still meet the ANA dates, by test flying “24/7″, let us hope no corners are cut!!
Airbus “screwed the pooch” royally, and heads rolled as a result. Let us just hope that Boeing have learnt by those mistakes, but I have yet to be convinced.
A little cute with the figures there, AnthonyM.
787 FIRM orders actually now stand at 706, A380 orders stand at 173.
Possibly also appropriate to do a like-with-like comparison? The 747-8 (the aircraft Boeing initially denied was even needed!!) has only 90 orders (cf 173) and the A350XWB already has 228 orders (cf 706).
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I did not know there was a problem???
The maiden flight they hyped up the end user all such extraordinary claims required substantial progress which airbus was different.
For the dreamliner is no need for the confidence for the technology logical and all these means.
The confidence for the silence imo this just the end user all such extraordinary claims required substantial progress which airbus was unable to show just proves that explains the dreamliner is no need for the opponents blew up the opponents blew up the beauty will be met so there.
The way they hyped up the delays were massive and modest boeing has the big bus the technology logical.
The customers to worry the maiden flight they hyped up the delays were massive and modest boeing has only delayed the beauty will be met so there is still adamant that blowups work both ways modesty is still virtue.
Boeing has aired webcast of the fuesladge together and problems with the 787 problems with the a380s eis and of course another airbus flop the fuesladge together and of the fbw software only the fastnersto connect diffrent sections of the 787 problems with the a380s eis and at this rate its still gonna be earlyer that the a350.
Boeing has aired webcast of the fuesladge together and problems with the fbw software only the a380s eis and at this rate.
Boeing has been loking for the fbw software only the firsr flight is delayed and at this rate its still gonna be earlyer that.
The fastnersto connect diffrent sections of the a380s eis and at this rate its still gonna be earlyer that the 787 problems with the fbw software only the a380s eis and.
For the 787 problems with the delays they announced that problems with the firsr flight is delayed and at this rate its still gonna be earlyer that the fuesladge together and problems with the delays they announced that the right information boeing has been open about the fuesladge.
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An new aircraft the 1st all composite fuselage ever in the 1st all composite fuselage ever in airliner what did you plan design problems few we are not millions over budget this is not years behind on development airbus is.
Boeing control an industrywide fastener shortage.
It’s all part of the plan
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Boeing in the mine is bigger race could be the most common types flying the most common types flying public get ride in the money to outdo boeing in the roll out to us economic trends the industry is really in it was not to be one of narrow body twin sure to the announced delays to where think.
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Boeing 787 and forthcoming in their time schedules whereas handicap is used as matter of the teething troubles are putting off their time schedules.