AvatarCaptain SpockAvatarAvatar11 hours agoTexas attorney general opens investigation into Boeing supplierAxios - Rebecca FalconerTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened an investigation into Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems on Thursday, citing "reoccurring issues with …
AvatarCaptain SpockAvatarAvatar20 hours agoBoeing needs a 'strong engineering lead' to clean up the fallout from its latest crisis, airline CEO saysverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Taylor RainsEmirates president Tim Clark spoke up about the future of Boeing's leadership on Wednesday, saying the only way to clean up this mess is to put engineers at the helm. "To fix Boeing's issues the company needs a strong engineering lead as its head coupled to a governance model which prioritizes …
AvatarCaptain SpockAvatarAvatar17 hours agoCapt. ‘Sully’ on Boeing’s aviation safety: ‘They have lost their way’MSNBCU.S. Ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization and Captain of Flight 1549 ‘the Miracle on the Hudson’ C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger …
AvatarCaptain SpockAvatarAvatar1 day agoBoeing union wants a board seat and a say on plane safetyAxios - Emily PeckBoeing's largest union is in contract talks with the beleaguered airplane company for the first time in more than a decade — and it's seizing the …
AvatarCaptain SpockFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoSuicide Missionprospect.org - Maureen TkacikWhat Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane John Barnett had one of those bosses who seemed to spend most of his waking hours …
AvatarCaptain SpockAvatarAvatar1 day agoBoom Supersonic just flew its test jet for the first time as it races to build the world's new speediest airliner — meet 'baby boom'verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Taylor RainsColorado aerospace company Boom Supersonic wants to bring back the era of the Concorde — a beloved faster-than-sound passenger jet that flew for nearly 30 years before retiring in 2003. Boom's vision of the next supersonic airliner is a Mach 1.7 plane called the Overture, and the company just flew …
AvatarCaptain SpockFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoBoeing’s turbulence is a threat to the entire aviation industrywatoday.com.au - Stephen BartholomeuszThe turmoil at the top of Boeing this week underscores the extent to which the aircraft manufacturer’s quality control issues have the potential to …
AvatarCaptain SpockFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day ago‘Hideous, extreme greed’: Why disasters keep happening at Boeingverified_publishercityam.com - Guy Taylor“The eyes of the world are on us,” Boeing’s chief executive Dave Calhoun said on Monday, as the embattled planemaker announced that he, along with …
AvatarCaptain SpockFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days agoEngineering A Coup: Inside the Unprecedented Boeing CEO Ouster Demanded By U.S. Airline Bossesviewfromthewing.com - Gary LeffThe 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 …
AvatarCaptain SpockAvatarAvatar2 days agoAirbus Has Its Own Issues. Can It Keep Its Lead Over Boeing?Barron's - Callum KeownPlane maker Airbus needs to ramp up production. Its unfilled-order backlog reached 8,599 aircraft at the end of January, an industry record.
AvatarCaptain Spock2 days agoJetZero's ultra-efficient blended wing demonstrator cleared for takeoffverified_publishernewatlas.com - By Michael IrvingThe basic shape of a passenger jet hasn’t really changed much for decades, but radical new shapes are inching closer to production. JetZero has …
AvatarCaptain SpockFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days agoChina's COMAC wide-body C929 jet in 'detailed design stage', official saysinvesting.com - ReutersSEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese state-owned planemaker COMAC's first wide-body jet is in its "detailed design stage", an executive said on Tuesday, …