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1. Damn. Boeing used to be standard all other airline builders were compared with.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Thu Feb 25, 2021, 01:00 AM

Feb 2021

Now with the 737 years-long fiasco and now this 777 mess, Boeing will be lucky to stay in business.

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United 777 plane flew fewer than half the flights allowed between checks: sources [View all] turbinetree Feb 2021 OP

Damn. Boeing used to be standard all other airline builders were compared with. brush Feb 2021 #1

This is more of an Pratt/Whitney engine problem, not a Boeing design blunder like the MAX. PSPS Feb 2021 #2

Yes, that was an engine failure, not an airframe failure. Apparently there was a flaw.... George II Feb 2021 #5

Not really, but it used to be better than now. burrowowl Feb 2021 #3

This is a Pratt & Whitney problem. Boeing is blameless in this case. Calista241 Feb 2021 #9

Everything tiptonic Feb 2021 #4

I told my husband that those planes that sat months degraded on the tarmac kimbutgar Feb 2021 #6

Unlikely as they usually fly them to desert areas for storage. EX500rider Feb 2021 #7

someone "expert in the industry" identified a shift from solid lapfog_1 Feb 2021 #8

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