Boeing Delays Deliveries of 787

[MiloMorai]

"Boeing said today that continued challenges in completing the assembly of its first 787 “Dreamliner” jets would force it to delay initial deliveries of the plane by six months, to late 2008.

The news, which follows a three-month delay to the plane’s flight-test program announced last month, is a serious setback to Boeing and to the Dreamliner"

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/business/10cnd-boeing.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Airbus not the only company which can't meet delivery dates.

[Bodhi]

By pushing back the flight-test and delivery schedule by six months, analysts said Boeing had given itself significant breathing space in which to try and rectify its assembly-line problems.  “They are doing the right thing, because the stakes are so high,” Mr. McVitie said.

Let's also keep in mind that the initial test aircraft was delayed due to a shortage of fasteners.  An issue involving a supplier not having it's promised stock on hand for delivery.

I think an overall delay of six months on the delivery schedule is not that bad, as long as it does not get much later.

[68Wooley]

Originally posted by Bodhi
I think an overall delay of six months on the delivery schedule is not that bad, as long as it does not get much later.

Try telling that to my customers

[john9001]

you sell big airplanes?

[BBBB]

Those customers don't care. That is why they placed their multi-million if not billion, dollar orders years ago. Six months or even another year worth of delays are not going to hurt those contracts. I doubt anyone is waiting for their new delivery of 787's to start up an airline.

[Yeager]

It is truly unfortunate.

[Banzzai]

thought at first it might have been somthing to do with   possible back seat drivers

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by MiloMorai
"Boeing said today that continued challenges in completing the assembly of its first 787 “Dreamliner” jets would force it to delay initial deliveries of the plane by six months, to late 2008.

The news, which follows a three-month delay to the plane’s flight-test program announced last month, is a serious setback to Boeing and to the Dreamliner"

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/business/10cnd-boeing.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Airbus not the only company which can't meet delivery dates.

True dat.  However the Airbus delivery delays and Boeing delays are for two different reasons.

In other news, Boeing beat Airbus for airplanes sold in 2007!

[Spikes]

Doesn't this happen with all planes? Happened with the A380 also...

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by SpikesX
Doesn't this happen with all planes? Happened with the A380 also...

No.

[Spikes]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
No.

OK, so I didn't mean that the way I typed it...Just the way I've seen it, is most planes have a small delay, if not large nowadays.

[DYNAMITE]

Are we sure it's not getting delayed because of the hacking risk that's being reported?

http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/01/dreamliner_security


Rip... what's the word on this?

[bj229r]

I saw the article---whole thing seemed rather stupid--they are giving passengers wifi---their OWN router, badarse firewall, but someone from govt is worried that somehow they could hack into avionics, etc---so the first bunch of planes have no wifi

[clerick]

It seems to me that given the nature of he 787 and, the new technologies involved, i'm willing to cut them more slack then Airbus.

[Vulcan]

Originally posted by DYNAMITE
Are we sure it's not getting delayed because of the hacking risk that's being reported?

http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/01/dreamliner_security


Rip... what's the word on this?

Gotta say I'm with the FAA on this one (from the perspective of an IT guy specialising in security). The two networks should be entirely seperate.