• @[email protected]
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    369 months ago

    I know that Boeing’s on everyone’s shit list these days, but the company doesn’t even make aviation tires. Unless a failure in one of Boeing’s systems caused tire damage this is probably due to poor maintenance by the airline, or a defective tire manufactured by Goodyear, Michelin, Bridgestone or Dunlop.

    • @[email protected]
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      49 months ago

      Boing makes the plane. If they choose to contract out portions, they are responsible for managing the subcontractors; which includes quality control.

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        99 months ago

        No, they literally might not have installed this tire. It’s like blaming Toyota for a flat on your 2010 Corolla.

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      I was about to ask. We’ll have to wait for information on which component failed here.

      If all Boeing planes are questionable, it’s reasonable to ask what the US government will do about it. They’re the definition of too big to fail, but at the same times lives are very directly in the balance.

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      It’s telling that they’ve got their reputation at the point where any time there’s a problem with an air plane people assume it was them.

      • @harderian729
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        19 months ago

        Well, it is their planes.

        They have a responsibility to make sure that the parts they use function appropriately.

        • @False
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          18 months ago

          No disagreement on that.

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      The core issue causing the quality control issues with Boeing is actually that they are outsourcing more and more of the design and manufacturing of their planes, and then squeezing their contractors, knowing that their contractors don’t have any other options, aerospace is both regional and consolidated. Boeing will gladly point out whenever there is a failure that it is the fault of the contractor that designed the relevant part or system, but it’s generally not that the contractor was incompetent, but rather that they were given an unreasonably tight budget and forced to deliver something.

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      but the company doesn’t even make aviation tires.

      It’s my understanding that a lot of Boeing’s woes come from outsourcing and not verifying that parts are up to snuff.

      WendoverProductions did a great video on why Boeing sucks these days. They essentially cut as many corners as possible and are still looking for more to cut.

      The Boeing CEO at one point even said he succeeded in his goal of making Boeing profit-driven instead of engineering-driven.

      These problems will only get worse as the disparity in wealth continues to grow.

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        29 months ago

        In this case the tires may have already have been replaced by the airline multiple times. Blaming that on Boeing is ridiculous.