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To: Hulka
Boeing has over a dozen jets finished and sitting on the ramp in Kent. Waiting on completion of FAA certification.

They are far from finished, Hulka. They are still having their horizontal stabilizers reworked because of manufacturing errors by supplier Alenia. Some of them are also still waiting to have the wing box reinforcements added to them.

The production line has been halted four times already this year, and is just now coming off the latest 3 week halt in December.

It is a wonderful jet, but coach class comfort is entirely in the hands of the airlines and the number of seats they have installed. It is not a function of the aircraft itself.

12 posted on 01/20/2011 4:52:06 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo
The environmental aspects of the 787 make it very much more comfortable. . .even in coach-class. . . better?
13 posted on 01/20/2011 5:36:47 AM PST by Hulka
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