AVIATION PING!.....................
"When the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window."
Joint engineering is not as tough as Rocket Science.
Seriesly people, I have torque wrenches and know how to use them.
I even have decades of experience in snugging nuts onto bolts by feel.
Boeing turned to crap after merging with McDonnell Douglas.
DEI...Diversity...Inclusiveness...
IMHO, all these are contributing to this kind of event...
Can’t their DEI’s even torque things properly? It’s certainly not the toughest job related to building airplanes.
Filed under: practical consequences of checkbox hires.
Back in my days in the aviation world, we had “D-Checks”, where we were required to complete gut the aircraft, in order to thoroughly inspect critical areas. Obviously it was a HUGE effort, but thankfully only had to be done every 8 years or so.
I’m getting to think here that non-DEI D-Checks might be required on these planes, as bolts are likely used in multiple places on this plane.
Assembled late on Friday afternoon, maybe? I remember changing a taillight on my wife’s circa 1980 vintage Escort. There was a bolt that was supposed to keep the bumper on, with molybdenum grease on it, and a nut sitting below it, waiting to be put on. Weird.
Does Boing have a DIE hiring mandate?
Decades ago the Post office ran at a profit then LBJ set racial quotas and so many extra employees were required to get the work done while covering the unfireable that it’s been a money pit ever since.
That said, the fuselage for this plane is built in Wichita, the door "plug" is installed and the entire fuselage shipped by rail to Seattle for final assembly.
In Seattle, the door "plug" is removed to allow access inside the aircraft for workers, interior panels, seats, etc.
When the aircraft is completed, the plug is reattached. It's here, in Seattle, that we seem to have a problem. Either the plug bolts were not torqued properly, or the bolts were damaged from disassembly and reassembly, or something else entirely...
I’ll take a train, thanks
