Boeing Blunder Hampers Air Force One Production

Manufacturing.net ^ | 4/5/2022 | Andy Szal & Eric Sorensen

[Rio]

Oh, Boeing..

[Red Badger]

The weight on the jacks was reportedly well in excess of what they were designed to hold.....

Sabotage?..................

[PGR88]

Don’t worry, its a cost-plus contract. Fed.gov has all the money it needs!

[A Navy Vet]

And Boeing wants to compete with Musk and Bezos for next generation spacecraft?

[brownsfan]

Apparently McDonnell-Douglass has ruined the culture at Boeing.

[kvanbrunt2]

getting ready for trump in 2024. he better use his own plane and just paint it.

[colorado tanker]

a couple of empty mini-bottles of tequila

So, the jets are being built at the Margaritaville plant?

[Thrownatbirth]

A good customer would demand a full Stop Work Order until Boeing figures this mees out.

[V_TWIN]

“Another later failed a routine drug test”

Well that ought instill confidence in your customers.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

My dad did some work for Boeing as an engineer back in the early 70s. It used to be a place where people were proud to work and produced work to be proud of. Sad.

[Tallguy]

These the jets ordered by Trump? 747’s (which are generally out of production except maybe for a freighter version).

[Chode]

The Air Force ***requested*** that Boeing improve its operations...

[V_TWIN]

“Sabotage?”

Nah, just lazy mechanics not using the right tools or lacked proper training.....seen it more times than I care to remember.

Coulda been worse I guess. I’ve seen forklift drivers stab their forks in a jet fuselage on 5 or 6 occasions.....to this day I’m still trying to figure out how the hell that could happen.

SMH

[PAR35]

Quality doesn’t matter if the right folks are rented.

[CurlyDave]

...I’ve seen forklift drivers stab their forks in a jet fuselage on 5 or 6 occasions.....to this day I’m still trying to figure out how the hell that could happen...

It is a very common accident. I once worked for a company that produced a special repair kit designed to make a quick and easy patch for exactly that accident.

[Red Badger]

When I was a teenager, in the early 70’s, I worked part time for a shipping company transfer warehouse.

Accidents happened all the time with forks too high, too low, too wide, etc............

[Seruzawa]

Diversity hires.

Or potheads.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

You worked for Bondo?

[eyeamok]

Another later failed a routine drug test.

What kind of drugs were they making him test? and Why is he still testing drugs, didn't he figure out which ones he likes while still in school??

[Red Badger]

Potheads In Seattle?......................😜