Comments on: Uneasy with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner http://themoderatevoice.com/43345/uneasy-with-the-boeing-787-dreamliner/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:18:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Father_Time http://themoderatevoice.com/43345/uneasy-with-the-boeing-787-dreamliner/comment-page-1/#comment-205637 Father_Time Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:47:29 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/43345/uneasy-with-the-boeing-787-dreamliner/#comment-205637 AustinRoth-- [A 10 year old 737 would actually be young!]<br><br>Depends on airframe hours in service. Years are a practically irrelevant. AustinRoth– [A 10 year old 737 would actually be young!]

Depends on airframe hours in service. Years are a practically irrelevant.

]]> By: Father_Time http://themoderatevoice.com/43345/uneasy-with-the-boeing-787-dreamliner/comment-page-1/#comment-205636 Father_Time Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:39:49 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/43345/uneasy-with-the-boeing-787-dreamliner/#comment-205636 Ron Beasley--<br><br>The 737 was put through "all the right tests" also. Your worry is ageing aircraft. Yes the 737 that turned into a convertible could have been prevented by actually inspecting and replacing the corroded bell formers as called out in the aircraft's C & D checks. MD aircraft get proper support from Boeing, it's just their owners are to cheap to maintain them right.<br><br>Whats an MD-7?? Ron Beasley–

The 737 was put through “all the right tests” also. Your worry is ageing aircraft. Yes the 737 that turned into a convertible could have been prevented by actually inspecting and replacing the corroded bell formers as called out in the aircraft's C & D checks. MD aircraft get proper support from Boeing, it's just their owners are to cheap to maintain them right.

Whats an MD-7??

]]> By: AustinRoth http://themoderatevoice.com/43345/uneasy-with-the-boeing-787-dreamliner/comment-page-1/#comment-205421 AustinRoth Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:36:19 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/43345/uneasy-with-the-boeing-787-dreamliner/#comment-205421 A 10 year old 737 would actually be young! A 10 year old 737 would actually be young!

]]> By: AustinRoth http://themoderatevoice.com/43345/uneasy-with-the-boeing-787-dreamliner/comment-page-1/#comment-205418 AustinRoth Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:34:37 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/43345/uneasy-with-the-boeing-787-dreamliner/#comment-205418 I had the same initial fears about twin-engine jets being certified for trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific crossings, and fly-by-wire, too. After a couple flights on each, you just stop thinking about it. I had the same initial fears about twin-engine jets being certified for trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific crossings, and fly-by-wire, too. After a couple flights on each, you just stop thinking about it.

]]> By: Ron Beasley http://themoderatevoice.com/43345/uneasy-with-the-boeing-787-dreamliner/comment-page-1/#comment-205369 Ron Beasley Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:20:53 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/43345/uneasy-with-the-boeing-787-dreamliner/#comment-205369 Hi Jack - good to hear from you again<br>I think this opens up a lot of questions. While Al may fail slowly the results can be catatrophic. The 737 has many decompresion compresion cycles because of the nature of it's short flights. Are there really inspections that can avoid the catastrophic failure in Hawaii a few years ago? There have been problems with the lot of the old McDonald Douglas aircraft recently. Is it because they are no longer receiving the proper support from Boeing or just because they are old?<br>Boeing seems to be running the the 787 through all the right tests. When they engineer it to pass the tests should I be anymore insecure about it than a 10+ year old 737 or MD-7? Hi Jack – good to hear from you again
I think this opens up a lot of questions. While Al may fail slowly the results can be catatrophic. The 737 has many decompresion compresion cycles because of the nature of it's short flights. Are there really inspections that can avoid the catastrophic failure in Hawaii a few years ago? There have been problems with the lot of the old McDonald Douglas aircraft recently. Is it because they are no longer receiving the proper support from Boeing or just because they are old?
Boeing seems to be running the the 787 through all the right tests. When they engineer it to pass the tests should I be anymore insecure about it than a 10+ year old 737 or MD-7?

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