The FAA issued its proposed order on the Boeing 737 MAX for public comment and review. The comments from a number of sources have been somewhat scathing, focusing beyond MCAS to a number of other problems that also need to…
Reports come in more frequently that the MAX is getting closer to being re-introduced to service. It has been a long dark period for Boeing with the MAX being grounded. The grounding was, arguably, the greatest brand damage Boeing has…
The US DoT’s T-2 dataset may be the most useful for the areas we cover – it has many interesting data points. Several of our data models make use of this source, directly or in combination with other DoT datasets.…
The design of the Boeing 737 MAX was marred by technical design failures, lack of transparency with both regulators and customers, and efforts to downplay or disregard concerns about the operation of the aircraft. Concerns about the safety of the…
News: In recent weeks, Boeing has self-reported difficulties it discovered in quality control with the Boeing 787. Incredibly, the fourth area of concern has now been identified, involving shims in the vertical stabilizer, with a potential impact on about 900…
The US DoT recently updated its T-100 domestic data. Given the paucity of positive industry news and the aviation doldrums we find ourselves in, how about a data model to provide some unemotional sense of where we are? It’s said,…