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That's what bothers me about this whole thing. Sure, there is a lot of speculation about how the composites might react in a fire or how you might fix them, but I don't see anyone stepping forward to say that they've actually thought these problems fully through and they aren't a problem or they've figured out a way to deal with them. All I see is a void on the subjects and they are fairly important subjects.

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Gillette said his team is perhaps only months away from agreeing with the FAA on an overall 787 certification plan, which will include proving that the risk of a lightning-induced fuel-tank explosion is less than one in a billion.

It does sound like they are addressing these issues. Any cert plan for the FAA has to be bullet proof. And the FAA always holds Boeing to the highest standards.