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Substandard Italian workmanship renders first 787s unsafe
Boeing has discovered that the Italian firm to which it subcontracted
construction of tail assemblies isn't doing the work correctly, putting the 23 aircraft it has already built at risk: http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...-found/97983/1 No surprise here. When you allow Third World companies to built vital parts to your airplane, you should take for granted that there will be potentially dangerous defects. That's the consequence of trying to be politically correct. |
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Substandard Italian workmanship renders first 787s unsafe
In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic wrote:
Boeing has discovered that the Italian firm to which it subcontracted construction of tail assemblies isn't doing the work correctly, putting the 23 aircraft it has already built at risk: http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...-found/97983/1 No surprise here. When you allow Third World companies to built vital parts to your airplane, you should take for granted that there will be potentially dangerous defects. That's the consequence of trying to be politically correct. Italy isn't concidered a third world country by anyone but you. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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Substandard Italian workmanship renders first 787s unsafe
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... Boeing has discovered that the Italian firm to which it subcontracted construction of tail assemblies isn't doing the work correctly, putting the 23 aircraft it has already built at risk: http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...-found/97983/1 No surprise here. When you allow Third World companies to built vital parts to your airplane, you should take for granted that there will be potentially dangerous defects. That's the consequence of trying to be politically correct. Lots of people would consider that Italian technology is at least as good as anything emanating from Chicago. -- JohnT |
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Substandard Italian workmanship renders first 787s unsafe
"JohnT" wrote in message ... "Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... Boeing has discovered that the Italian firm to which it subcontracted construction of tail assemblies isn't doing the work correctly, putting the 23 aircraft it has already built at risk: http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...-found/97983/1 No surprise here. When you allow Third World companies to built vital parts to your airplane, you should take for granted that there will be potentially dangerous defects. That's the consequence of trying to be politically correct. Lots of people would consider that Italian technology is at least as good as anything emanating from Chicago. And that is in which world? |
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Substandard Italian workmanship renders first 787s unsafe
JohnT writes:
Lots of people would consider that Italian technology is at least as good as anything emanating from Chicago. Then Boeing must have picked the wrong Italian partner. And this appears to be an issue with workmanship, not technology or design. The tails were simply not put together correctly, implying unqualified, careless, or lazy workers. If I recall correctly, this isn't the first time I've read about an Italian company screwing things up. There are a number of classic stereotypes concerning European cultures, and unfortunately many of them have a strong basis in fact. I wonder why Boeing put anything in Italy. It's not like the Italians have any strong airlines that would be buying dozens of 787s, and if all Boeing cared about was price, they could find cheaper suppliers in other countries. |
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Substandard Italian workmanship renders first 787s unsafe
On Jun 26, 9:10*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Boeing has discovered that the Italian firm to which it subcontracted construction of tail assemblies isn't doing the work correctly, putting the 23 aircraft it has already built at risk: http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...halts-787-test... No surprise here. When you allow Third World companies to built vital parts to your airplane, you should take for granted that there will be potentially dangerous defects. That's the consequence of trying to be politically correct. Where in the article does it say the Italian parts are substandard? As I read it it's an assembly problem (shimming and bolt torque) which takes place in the US... Cheers |
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Substandard Italian workmanship renders first 787s unsafe
Flaps_50! writes:
Where in the article does it say the Italian parts are substandard? As I read it it's an assembly problem (shimming and bolt torque) which takes place in the US... Yes. The defects are in the assembly, not the hardware itself (as I understood the article). Thus, unqualified or careless workers, inadequate QC, etc., which, unfortunately, is exactly what I'd expect from an average Italian supplier. |
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Substandard Italian workmanship renders first 787s unsafe
On Jun 25, 6:21*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Flaps_50! writes: Where in the article does it say the Italian parts are substandard? As I read it it's an assembly problem (shimming and bolt torque) which takes place in the US... Yes. The defects are in the assembly, not the hardware itself (as I understood the article). Thus, unqualified or careless workers, inadequate QC, etc., which, unfortunately, is exactly what I'd expect from an average Italian supplier. The article says nothing about defects in the unit assembled in Italy. It does say the issue is associated with how it had been attached, torqued, and shimmed to the correct position when it had been attached to the 'next assembly up'. |
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Substandard Italian workmanship renders first 787s unsafe
On Jun 26, 10:19*am, "Flaps_50!" wrote:
Where in the article does it say the Italian parts are substandard? As I read it it's an assembly problem (shimming and bolt torque) which takes place in the US... When I saw the header I had to look and once again mixedup is scamming the group with his hatred of aviation and those associated with it.. |
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Substandard Italian workmanship renders first 787s unsafe
a writes:
The article says nothing about defects in the unit assembled in Italy. It does say the issue is associated with how it had been attached, torqued, and shimmed to the correct position when it had been attached to the 'next assembly up'. Incorrect assembly is a defect. |
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