Comments on: Dreamliner-The wing began to break http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2009/06/24/dreamliner-the-wing-began-to-break/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:32:28 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jon Bright http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2009/06/24/dreamliner-the-wing-began-to-break/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Jon Bright Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:01:27 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/?p=1952#comment-507 The most disturbing part of this is that they've known since April. They spent the whole of the Paris Air Show pating on about the first flight at the end of June. The first possibility is that this information had percolated to the higher levels (such as Scott Carson) and they were deliberately misleading press, public and shareholders about the first flight - in which case they should do the honourable thing and resign. The second possibility is that the management structures at the company are so unfit for purpose that information about a major problem such as this had not yet made it to the top-level management responsible for those structures... in which case they should do the honourable thing and resign. I really don't see how Boeing's current management can remain at the helm. The most disturbing part of this is that they’ve known since April. They spent the whole of the Paris Air Show pating on about the first flight at the end of June. The first possibility is that this information had percolated to the higher levels (such as Scott Carson) and they were deliberately misleading press, public and shareholders about the first flight – in which case they should do the honourable thing and resign. The second possibility is that the management structures at the company are so unfit for purpose that information about a major problem such as this had not yet made it to the top-level management responsible for those structures… in which case they should do the honourable thing and resign.

I really don’t see how Boeing’s current management can remain at the helm.

]]> By: David Klein http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2009/06/24/dreamliner-the-wing-began-to-break/comment-page-1/#comment-505 David Klein Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:13:16 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/?p=1952#comment-505 It appears Boeing are going to learn the hard way in using ground beaking technology for an all composite aircraft of this scale. It also will be interesting to see if they learn the hard way from using new design technology for the aircraft pressurisation system to be supplied by electrically driven compressors and not the traditional pressure air tappings from turbine engines. Electrical load shedding in an emergency at high altitude has to be an interesting exercise. It appears Boeing are going to learn the hard way in using ground beaking technology for an all composite aircraft of this scale. It also will be interesting to see if they learn the hard way from using new design technology for the aircraft pressurisation system to be supplied by electrically driven compressors and not the traditional pressure air tappings from turbine engines. Electrical load shedding in an emergency at high altitude has to be an interesting exercise.

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