Apr
11
2024
Emphasizing earnings over excellence turned out to be bad business for Boeing.
Boeing’s Crisis: A Story Of Executives Who Got How To Run A Business Completely Backwards
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New Whistleblower: Boeing Threatened Him For Revealing Workers Jumped On Panels To Make Them Fit
Apr
10
2024
Boeing faces new scrutiny as allegations emerge from a whistleblower about the assembly of its 787 and 777 jets. Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour reveals issues that could potentially compromise the structural integrity and lifespan of some aircraft. These detailed complaints, submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration, highlight critical flaws in the assembly process, particularly with the 787. He claims that during the plane’s assembly, crews failed to properly fill tiny gaps between fuselage parts, a problem that not only puts additional wear on the aircraft but could lead to catastrophic failures. The whistleblower’s assertion that Boeing prioritized speed over safety in its assembly line practices adds to a growing narrative of concern surrounding the aerospace giant’s production culture. The company has defended the 787’s structural integrity, stating that the issues raised do not affect the…
Engineering A Coup: Inside the Unprecedented Boeing CEO Ouster Demanded By U.S. Airline Bosses
Mar
26
2024
The CEOs of United, Southwest, American and Alaska all sought a meeting with Boeing’s board without its CEO. This plan was hatched at March 7th meeting of their lobby shop Airlines for America. And it was leaked to the Wall Street Journal.
Conspiracy In Tennessee: State Senate Votes To Ban Weather Controlling Chemtrails From Planes
Mar
22
2024
Legislators in Tennessee are convinced that contrails are really government weather control experiments, or targeting of civilians with poison – and the state’s senate has passed legislation to ban “chemtrails” within the state’s borders.
Chemtrails is a conspiracy theory that the trails left by aircraft are chemical or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes for nefarious and secret purposes.
United Boeing 737-900 Dramatic Engine Flame-Out Sparks MAX Confusion
Mar
07
2024
As the aircraft climbed through 12,000 feet, the left engine “emitted a series of bangs and streaks of flames.” Pilots returned to the airport after advising air traffic control of an engine stall, and the plane landed safely around 35 minutes after departure. United assigned another aircraft to operate the flight and passengers were delayed a little over 3 hours.
All seems pretty normal, right? Well, two things are notable about this flight:
Unbelievable Footage: Boeing 777 Endures Lightning Strike En Route to London
Mar
06
2024
An Air Canada Boeing 777 was struck by lightning as it departed Vancouver and continued to London’s Heathrow airport. It was inspected on arrival. Video of the strike happening is impressive!
American Airlines Partners Have Gutted The Ability To Redeem AAdvantage Miles
Feb
25
2024
While American Airlines hasn’t made changes to its partner award pricing – yet, they’re warning they will! – those awards, which are the best part of the AAdvantage program, have become far less valuable. Almost across the board their partners have been restricting the ability of AAdvantage members to redeem their miles.
Taylor Swift’s Race Against Time: The Two Unique Strategies That Made Her Tokyo-To-Super Bowl Flight Possible
Feb
10
2024
VistaJet’s flight VJT993, a Bombardier Global Express,, is operating as “The Football Era.” It is currently estimated in over an hour early, at 3:07 p.m. Pacific time.
Reportedly charter provider VistaJet made two unique preparations, besides having the plane ready for Ms. Swift’s swift departure following her Tokyo show.
NTSB Report Confirms The Unraveling of Boeing: Missing Bolts and a Quality Control Crisis
Feb
06
2024
The Boeing 737 MAX 9 was temporarily grounded – and tremendous faith was lost in Boeing – after a the left mid exit door plug detached from Alaska Airlines aircraft N704AL while performing flight 1282 from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California.
The NTSB has now issued a report on what happened, and it tracks what readers of View From The Wing already know: the plane left the factory missing bolts to hold the door plug on, and tracking of defects at Boeing seems to be a problem.
Airbus A320 Pilot Skids Off The Runway, Pretends It Didn’t Happen?
Feb
03
2024
Avion Express flight 8242 from Milan Bergamo airport in Italy to Vilnius, Lithuania landed on the airport’s runway 19. It “veered right off the runway onto soft ground” and then proceeded to make another turn and head off the grass and back onto the runway instead of coming to a stop. The Lithuanian airline’s Airbus A320 then taxied onto the apron.
