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Foul play suspected after cables found severed on Airbus A380 on Toulouse assembly line
Flight Global ^
| 12 June 06
| Victoria Moores
Posted on 06/12/2006 5:04:44 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: antiRepublicrat; Dumpster Baby
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posted on
06/13/2006 10:19:58 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Bipartisanship is when the Stupid Party and the Evil Party agree to do something that is both stupid)
To: freedumb2003
42
posted on
06/13/2006 12:15:42 PM PDT
by
FreeManWhoCan
(---an American in Maimi..............)
To: Yo-Yo
undocumented workers, doing jobs the French won't do
43
posted on
06/13/2006 12:21:19 PM PDT
by
thinking
To: Dumpster Baby
You nailed it - labor issues. This kind of stuff is as common as dirt with union goons. I used to work for a huge American company that shall remain unnamed, and I saw first hand what kind of damage union sabotage causes over the most trivial matters. Yep. I worked in an auto parts plant for a while that spent a fortune air shipping parts to meet orders because whenever a small group of workers decided they wanted overtime pay, they'd start breaking things so they get their overtime.
It was only a few who appeared to be directly involved, the rest merely covered for them. Gave me a very low opinion of that union.
To: freedumb2003
45
posted on
06/13/2006 12:52:57 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: Yo-Yo
yes, but I'm sure Airbust will do all it can to make it appear that it was done by an external party, not internal party.
Basically, they will try to pin the blame on the American government or Boeing claiming industrial sabotage, while quietly, they will investigate which Airbust workers were involved.
46
posted on
06/13/2006 12:57:09 PM PDT
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: Proud_USA_Republican; Yo-Yo; Paleo Conservative; namsman
Think that maybe the "wiring bundle sabotage" might actually be cover for
a problem with the design that results in cut wires???
Single-layer tinfoil hat here.........
47
posted on
06/13/2006 2:12:57 PM PDT
by
SW6906
(5 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, guns and ammunition.)
To: Proud_USA_Republican
Have you seen
this? I think maybe Airbus is having significant problems with their wiring harness installers and there is some feuding going on between workers and management.
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posted on
06/13/2006 2:24:59 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: freedumb2003
No fair renaming a plane and then claiming it's accident-free!
McDonnell Douglas built the MD-80 and had more than their share of accidents (search Alaska Air).
When Boeing merged with McD they renamed the plane 717. It still didn't sell so they completed the few planes still on order and closed the plant in CA.
With so few actual 717's out there, I expect them to remain fatality-free. By that measure, the Dash-80 has a 100% success rate (they built ONE, it still exists) and the XB-70 has a 100% failure rate (they built two; one crashed and the other burned on the ground).
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posted on
06/13/2006 3:46:46 PM PDT
by
ZOOKER
( <== I'm with Stupid...)
To: ZOOKER
With so few actual 717's out there, I expect them to remain fatality-free. By that measure, the Dash-80 has a 100% success rate (they built ONE, it still exists) and the XB-70 has a 100% failure rate (they built two; one crashed and the other burned on the ground).The second XB-70 sits in the Air Force museum in Dayton Ohio. Only one crashed
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posted on
06/13/2006 4:19:15 PM PDT
by
Rooivalk
To: Rooivalk
It's really a great museum, inside and out.
To: Paleo Conservative
Severed cables. Not a really good sign at all.
To: tophat9000
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posted on
06/13/2006 4:31:59 PM PDT
by
Philistone
(Turning lead into gold...)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
06/13/2006 7:58:05 PM PDT
by
spanalot
To: KneelBeforeZod
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posted on
06/13/2006 7:59:59 PM PDT
by
spanalot
To: Paleo Conservative
Some guy muttering "ya sure, you betcha" was seen slipping away from the scene ...
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posted on
06/20/2006 5:42:31 PM PDT
by
GOP_1900AD
(Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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