Poland’s national airline will not fly its Boeing 787 Dreamliners until October, citing “uncertainty” over the next generation airplane’s immediate future. That’s obviously a much longer window than analysts were anticipating.
“We want to carry our passangers in a forseeable and safe way,” a spokesman for the airline told the Associated Press.
The Dreamliner has been grounded since January 16 as a result of numerous problems – most notably an issue with its lithium ion batteries.
Japan Airways – one of the carriers which has had problems with the planes – has said it will not fly them again until at least March. Meanwhile last week Boeing informed customers to expect additional delays in the delivery of new planes.
“We have informed our customers expecting 787 deliveries in the near term that those aircraft either have been or are at risk of being delayed,” the company announced last Friday.
Boeing has delivered just 50 of the 800 Dreamliner orders it has received and is under tremendous pressure to turn a profit on the plane.
Originally scheduled for delivery in May of 2008, numerous design, supply and delivery problems pushed Dreamliner’s deadline back more than three years – causing numerous cancellations.
Why do we follow Boeing so closely? Well, South Carolina taxpayers shelled out hundreds of millions of dollars to lure a Dreamliner manufacturing facility to North Charleston, S.C. three years ago. The Palmetto State later lost out on its bid to build Boeing 737 Max planes – part of a deal the company cut with its labor union.
South Carolina politicians – led by Gov. Nikki Haley – have fawned over Boeing. In fact Haley repeatedly references Boeing in her speeches, referring to the Dreamliners produced in the Palmetto State as “Mack Daddy Planes.”
In addition to its massive state incentives package, Boeing also receives subsidies from the federal government via the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which gives foreign airlines a taxpayer-funded competitive advantage over U.S. carriers. The company also makes billions of dollars a year on defense contracts.
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If Obama HATES you, he will use the government to try and kill you….FITS has that same trait…Only problem: We see right through you…
So what does THIS have to do with an airplane?
If Obama HATES you, he will use the government to try and kill you….FITS has that same trait…Only problem: We see right through you…
So what does THIS have to do with an airplane?
Way to go Sic Willie! Maximize lies, distortions, half truths all in one article. Your Lexington-Richland centric view has you reject anything outside of that area. When will you realize that the “economic engine” of your area is government and not manufacturing?
Way to go Sic Willie! Maximize lies, distortions, half truths all in one article. Your Lexington-Richland centric view has you reject anything outside of that area. When will you realize that the “economic engine” of your area is government and not manufacturing?
These Boeing executives must be good, damn good.
Over 5 years late in delivery of their product, have delivered less than 7% of what they promised and of that 7% none of it works.
I’ve been on a lot of projects that are unbelievably mundane compared to one such as this and even we don’t forget the little shit. There’s gotta be a gantt chart somewhere or a QC testing routine where someone signed off on this. Fucking unbelievable. Find the asshole, make them fix it.
These Boeing executives must be good, damn good.
Over 5 years late in delivery of their product, have delivered less than 7% of what they promised and of that 7% none of it works.
I’ve been on a lot of projects that are unbelievably mundane compared to one such as this and even we don’t forget the little shit. There’s gotta be a gantt chart somewhere or a QC testing routine where someone signed off on this. Fucking unbelievable. Find the asshole, make them fix it.
WOW….look at the list of articles……one is about GAS…..one is about Bobby Harrell (our state government as a whole) and one about BOEING (military industrial complex)..!?!
We wonder what lobbyists and ADVERTISERS think of this …HONESTY..!!!!
Do we DARE ask Wil FOlks a question that he FAILz to ask Nikki Haley or JAMES CLYBURN or TREY GOWDY…!?!
“Considering the economic engine that Charleston is to our state, we wonder just what impact will be felt when a BUDGET is not passed leading to sequestration and certain UNION insider actions in the financial markets are playing roulette with our state’s economy and national security…???”
Will John MONK ask these questions on CAMERA..?? Will BRIAN HICKS storm his editor’s office …?? Will Warren Peper call into the TARA show to develop a plan of action for concerned taxpayers and investors and workers to “consider”?
My …how….”Blue Horse shoe loves….BOEING”….!!!!
WOW….look at the list of articles……one is about GAS…..one is about Bobby Harrell (our state government as a whole) and one about BOEING (military industrial complex)..!?!
We wonder what lobbyists and ADVERTISERS think of this …HONESTY..!!!!
Do we DARE ask Wil FOlks a question that he FAILz to ask Nikki Haley or JAMES CLYBURN or TREY GOWDY…!?!
“Considering the economic engine that Charleston is to our state, we wonder just what impact will be felt when a BUDGET is not passed leading to sequestration and certain UNION insider actions in the financial markets are playing roulette with our state’s economy and national security…???”
Will John MONK ask these questions on CAMERA..?? Will BRIAN HICKS storm his editor’s office …?? Will Warren Peper call into the TARA show to develop a plan of action for concerned taxpayers and investors and workers to “consider”?
My …how….”Blue Horse shoe loves….BOEING”….!!!!
Airport Noise Scale
For measuring and describing the intensity of noise produced by low-flying aircraft
0–idyllic: clocks can be heard – babies sleep
1-intriguing: visitors look skyward – aspens tremble
2-disturbing: windows rattle – pianos hum
3-annoying: visitors leave – canaries show distress – dishes rattle
4-disquieting: hearing aids disabled – small animals hide
5-oppressive: tv commercials inaudible – fruit fall from trees – milk turns
6-ear splitting: wine glasses shatter – roof tiles crash – clotheslines snap
7-terrifying: taxis head for open country – guitars lose tune
8-deafening: garden ornaments disintegrate – outhouses sag
9-agonizing: sparrows fall – detached houses collapse
10-maddening: oak trees split – paving crazes – semidetached houses collapse
11-stupefying: sporting events abandoned – terraces collapse – governments collapse
12-cataclysmic: life extinguished – atoms split
Airport Noise Scale
For measuring and describing the intensity of noise produced by low-flying aircraft
0–idyllic: clocks can be heard – babies sleep
1-intriguing: visitors look skyward – aspens tremble
2-disturbing: windows rattle – pianos hum
3-annoying: visitors leave – canaries show distress – dishes rattle
4-disquieting: hearing aids disabled – small animals hide
5-oppressive: tv commercials inaudible – fruit fall from trees – milk turns
6-ear splitting: wine glasses shatter – roof tiles crash – clotheslines snap
7-terrifying: taxis head for open country – guitars lose tune
8-deafening: garden ornaments disintegrate – outhouses sag
9-agonizing: sparrows fall – detached houses collapse
10-maddening: oak trees split – paving crazes – semidetached houses collapse
11-stupefying: sporting events abandoned – terraces collapse – governments collapse
12-cataclysmic: life extinguished – atoms split
“Made in South Carolina”…geez
Please supply the direct linkage that shows that assembly of any of these planes in SC caused the problem. I know this is hard for you but there is a huge difference between design and assembly. Where were the planes DESIGNED? BTW where were the suspect batteries manufactured?
O-rings, batteries…it’ll be fine if you slap on a bit of that duct tape.
“Made in South Carolina”…geez
Please supply the direct linkage that shows that assembly of any of these planes in SC caused the problem. I know this is hard for you but there is a huge difference between design and assembly. Where were the planes DESIGNED? BTW where were the suspect batteries manufactured?
O-rings, batteries…it’ll be fine if you slap on a bit of that duct tape.
Mack my ass. No big pimping to see here…
Mack my ass. No big pimping to see here…