Re:Airplanes and Accounting Games: The Coming Boeing Collapse?
by AndrewBissell on Thursday December 19, 2019 @05:41PM
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> 3. To make it clear to the FAA that there's a limit to how long re-certification can take without larger economic impacts.
Good to know they've got their priorities straight. Would hate to see the U.S. economy lose any jobs building unsafe aircraft.
Re:Airplanes and Accounting Games: The Coming Boeing Collapse?
by DuskStar on Thursday December 19, 2019 @06:37PM
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How many people does hurting the US economy kill? What about raising ticket prices, making more people drive instead of fly?
There is a trade-off to be made here, and it's not just between money and lives - it's also between the certainty of a small number of deaths and the chance of a large number of the same.
1. Cash flow issues, since they have hundreds sitting around they haven't been paid for yet. 2. Storage issues, since they have hundreds sitting around. 3. To make it clear to the FAA that there's a limit to how long re-certification can take without larger economic impacts.
I would fully expect that with Boeing and the Airlines' pressure on the FAA, and the FAA's current schedule, the aircraft should be re-certified in January. It could slip again, with another issue or a government shutdown, but those are not that likely.