Morning Call – Friday 27 September 2019
Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media
Category Aerospace
The rising cost of the NMA missed opportunity
Boeing invented the Middle of Market (MoM) with its 757 and 767. These two aircraft fit the need and there was nothing to compete with them. Both models developed into families. While the larger 757-300 was an oddball but still…
Morning Call – Thursday 26 September 2019
Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media
Boeing shakes up safety philosophy – and implements recommendations (update 9/30)
Boeing is to establish a permanent Aerospace Safety Committee of the Board of Directors, which together with the company’s leadership must ensure that safety is priority number 1 in all aspects of its product design, manufacturing, and operations. The committee…
Embraer’s strike
Yesterday Embraer’s San Jose dos Campos operation was disrupted by strike action. When we contacted the firm we were told the action was small – 80% of the employees were at work. The remaining 20% were outside. Many of these…
Exosonic hopes to find low-boom SST-niche
Is there a market for another supersonic airliner, next to Boom Supersonic and Aerion Supersonic? The answer is a firm ‘yes’ if you talk to Norris Tie, co-founder and CEO of California-based start-up Exosonic. Tie and his partner Tim MacDonald…