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Yup just more people to cry about when they fall from the sky.

Its a shame. I want Boeing to succeed with this plane because there was an enormous amount of work that went into it. This is an incredibly sophisticated plane. Hopefully they can work out all the kinks. All I know is that whenever I fly, I much prefer flying on Boeings.

edvard2 says

I want Boeing to succeed with this plane because there was an enormous amount of work that went into it.

You mean an enormous amount of Chinese labor went into building this? A labor and technical work force I might add that Washington is championing as the labor force that is going to save America while whipping out the American middle class out right. So much so, it's not even the show stopper in Congress getting immigration reform passed.

From the start, the 787 has illustrated the story of Boeing mismanagement. Executives outsourced labor globally to increase sales by creating local constuencies to lobby for national airlines to purchase their planes, and paid themselves fat bonuses while failing to manage the supply chain. Management even blamed delays on domestic union labor, and the commercial press (particularly Bloomberg) repeated credulously rather than investigating and reporting. The 787 has even more potential problems than have already made headlines; for example, civilian airlines lack the equipment to check the composite fuselage for fatigue, which can eventually snap the plane in half midflight. Boeing was a great company, the 747 was a triumph and remains a wonder of the world, and the fall from the 747's greatness to the 787's failures makes a poignant comment about the American economy during the same period.

BTW, before anyone accuses me of rushing to judgment in this latest case, let me be first to acknowledge we don't know yet what caused this latest fire. This particular investigation might exonerate Boeing, but the plane's other problems remain.

Ethiopian has a barbecue grill, and somebody left the gas on?

I just want to know what NTSB babe has to say.

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Unfortunately, the computer programmed in terrorist pre-disastering. Sudden, random explosive fires that rip the fuselage and passenger cabin open.

After that, the planes are perfectly safe. The beta testers just need to be patient.