US Air Force says Boeing has 'severe situation' after trash found on refueling planes

Look on the bright side. They could have found a crack pipe.

I worked as maintenance on Vulcan bombers in the 70's.

All tools checked before getting inside the beast and all tools checked before leaving,and double checked by colleague

.....and should be fired if doing a piss poor job.

That's what happens when everything is jobbed out to contractors.

just imagine a future.. (no I'm not a Lennon fan..), where Chinese make all big planes..

scary.

Wow. That is a very serious business problem. They traded their passion for glory and lost the eye of the tiger.

But the executives cut costs! cheap They are selling their souls for promotions.

Demanding free hours and cutting workers. Stressing out work force.

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Drugs is legal in Seattle and India.

More likely some other serious issue is the reason for stopping delivery.

This is for the public. You don't stop delivery of planes you need for this. Maybe complain and seek financial redress. Something else is going on.

Seattle...ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

US Air Force KC-46A deliveries resume after suspension
The deliveries of the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker resumed on March 11, 2019, after more than a week of suspension due to loose tools and debris found in the planes.

A KC-46A Pegasus was delivered to the 97th Air Mobility Wing in Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, according to a press release from the United States Air Force.

This marked the resumption of deliveries, after suspicious objects were found in several aircraft that had been already received by the Air Force. The planes had been assembled at Boeing main’s facility in Everett, Seattle. The objects were described as loose tools and Foreign Object Debris (FOD).

The issue was initially reported on February 20, 2019, after five aircraft were already delivered. The deliveries were subsequently suspended on February 28, 2019, according to a Boeing memo published by The Seattle Times. Training flights were also put on hold.

To tackle the issue, a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) was issued for the delivery process. “As directed by the CAP, subsequent deliveries will occur as Boeing successfully completes each aircraft’s inspections and actions,” said Rose Riley, Air Mobility Command Public Affairs spokesperson.

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YOU'RE NOT AN A"& P" (Aircraft AIRFRAME & POWERPLANT") I take it..

you know what happens if you get done working on a plane and a socket is missing from your tool box? the plane is groundedu ntil it is found: so a loose metal object isn't going to bounce around and wedge itself insome linkage somewhere in flight.
Killing people. Finding broken drill bits in the fuselage would ground the brand new aircraft.

Why did Heather Wilson resign?

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Article dated March 8th, 2019.

Ah, no, but I recognize anti-American propaganda when I see it.


Kick Boeing when it's down, huh?


Cui bono?



Buy the dip.

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arrogant money grubbers.

I was about to say "Trash? Big deal!" Then I realized, that means they weren't inspected.

So I wonder what the head of Boeing did to piss off the deep state?

Oh yeah! Here we go. It's in the news from last July:

"In February, Trump met with Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg to discuss a $4 billion purchase of two 747s for use as replacements to Air Force One."

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Who knows--just another career politician getting reshuffled to some other high paying position like Janet Napalitano getting reshuffled to California's UC system.

The new Green Deal, no planes for us.

Democrats are going to build us transoceanic trains.

Why are they taking this company down now (publicly)?

Exactly the question people SHOULD be asking.

because Boeing and Lockheed are getting too big for their britches.

That plus the tool being left is a substandard behavior. The entire aircraft, the confidence of performance is compromised.

I remember a guy who worked at Chrysler telling me once some degenerate took a shit in the door of a minivan and put the door panel on.

He worked repairs at the end of the line and had to have a new door brought out and he replaced the shitty one with a new one.

People in factories do all kinds of stuff like that.

It's as simple as this. The work ethic and workers in the Northwest is TRASH. Yeah a few great ones but usually you find out they are from the NorthEast or the South Florida to Texas

so they, the pilots and crew, break the things, the whole thing explode, they leave with the scrap, so maybe the scrap doesnt fall or they broke the camera or safe, and they get grounded and found. Are the Max where the pedophile rings would expose themselves at all?


These MAX planes...like just ground them just because or has it been enough?

They should never have started building planes in South Carolina.
Should have kept their manufacturing in Washington state.
Low paid "right to work" South Carolina workers have no pride in their work.