That sounds about right, based on the shady stuff we’re hearing about.   A hotel key card . . . good lord.

Okay, that’s worse. I haven’t done chemistry since college, but unlabeled bottles are SCARY.

It does happen a lot, but what this article inexplicably failed to mention is that the pilot remarked that he lost instruments at the same moment.  It’s possible it was indeed turbulence.  As you say, it’s definitely happened before.  But it would be a remarkable coincidence.

787 does not have MCAS.

It is poor writing. It’s probably true, but it’s poor writing, I agree. It could be far better supported by pointing out that the pilot himself commented that he lost instruments at the same moment, and pointing out that there’s no sign that they experienced any turbulence (although with instruments being out, that…

Oh yeah. Manufacturing comes over to engineering labs and has an absolute cow sometimes when they see what goes on. :-D

33 out of 89 is not only bad, it is extremely bad. For a company as mature as Boeing, it should be a humiliating result.

Eh, it’s easy to think of it that way, but it’s more about proximity to their pet politicians.....

Yeah, I’m reading it as “Washington, DC-based” at this point.  Arlington’s basically a suburb of DC, really.

Part of me is starting to like Delta more, because of the general age of its fleet.  The older Boeings seem to be safer than the newer ones.

As long as it’s on the drawing/spec/mod list/process/etc., totally fine. If not, that’s a problem.

“I guess I’ll have to haul up to northern Michigan or Minnesota (where these folks are) or something to make it happen.”

I just can’t handle that much stupid and bad acting.

Makes me think of the incident during the George Floyd protests when a news team covering the protests first parked legally, then made a point of talking to an officer and pointing out their vehicle, and making sure they were okay with where they were leaving it. They went on to go get some photographs and when they…

Addendum to my last post: I just read that Opill is expected to become the first OTC birth control pill later this month, with a retail price of $19.99 for a month’s supply. This is expected to affect insurance coverage, since many plans may now refuse to cover birth control pills since there is an OTC alternative.…

I am really sorry! I didn’t mean to cast aspersions on you! Obviously someone prescribed a drug would know what they were taking, so I’m sure your friend would know. But the prolifers have spread a lot of misinformation about birth control in general, and that’s really muddied the waters, making it harder for people…

“Also, not that it’s his business, but there are many reasons that someone might need these drugs, including a miscarriage or an ectopic pregnancy.”

Fair, I suppose, but I live in hope of non-nerds joining us.  :-)  Or different kinds of nerds!  Not all nerds are aviation nerds!

757 is a great aircraft -- overpowered, so pilots love flying them.  But they are indeed old.  This one’s almost 30.  Sadly, its days are numbered in any case.

Someone else pointed out that there was an airworthiness directive issued by Boeing about the possibility of this slat delaminating, and giving operators instructions for how to regularly inspect it and detect the condition before it gets bad.  That AD came out in 2005, so that makes it very much something United…