Comments on: Boeing to buy Vought’s 787 operations, report says http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/2009/07/01/boeing-to-buy-voughts-787-operations-report-says/ Molly McMillin shares inside knowledge of Wichita's aviation industry Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:20:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: DHWest http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/2009/07/01/boeing-to-buy-voughts-787-operations-report-says/comment-page-1/#comment-4228 DHWest Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:11:04 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/?p=1032#comment-4228 Boeing is finally admitting its mistake by this acquisition. When you lose control of the engineering, problems like this arise. This was a mistake made by the business people of Boeing and hopefully other plane manufactures will take note. In the highly regulated and highly technical aviation industry, engineering changes are constantly being made. This is why it takes so long for a plane, like the 787, to be developed. Boeing is finally admitting its mistake by this acquisition. When you lose control of the engineering, problems like this arise. This was a mistake made by the business people of Boeing and hopefully other plane manufactures will take note. In the highly regulated and highly technical aviation industry, engineering changes are constantly being made. This is why it takes so long for a plane, like the 787, to be developed.

]]> By: Everett_Tsosie http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/2009/07/01/boeing-to-buy-voughts-787-operations-report-says/comment-page-1/#comment-4225 Everett_Tsosie Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:56 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/?p=1032#comment-4225 This article is just a reiteration of a plan that was made after Vought's failure to deliver a 787 fuselage section on time. The cause of a major portion of the delay, when fasteners were not available due of over demand, wiring problems because invoices and work orders where in a different language (Italian) and a lot of the work was move back to states. I even heard that several levels of management were replaced by Boeing management during the worst part because of the huge overspending. Other contractors, I know, reported of mandatory 72hr weeks. There was a lot of money being paid out for repetitive work causing huge turnovers. Now, if Boeing is taking this over, it’s not to build a second site. It’s to finish cleaning this mess up. Who knows the future; maybe they will be doing final assembly there. This article is just a reiteration of a plan that was made after Vought’s failure to deliver a 787 fuselage section on time. The cause of a major portion of the delay, when fasteners were not available due of over demand, wiring problems because invoices and work orders where in a different language (Italian) and a lot of the work was move back to states. I even heard that several levels of management were replaced by Boeing management during the worst part because of the huge overspending. Other contractors, I know, reported of mandatory 72hr weeks. There was a lot of money being paid out for repetitive work causing huge turnovers.

Now, if Boeing is taking this over, it’s not to build a second site. It’s to finish cleaning this mess up. Who knows the future; maybe they will be doing final assembly there.

]]> By: rocknrolltaz http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/2009/07/01/boeing-to-buy-voughts-787-operations-report-says/comment-page-1/#comment-4224 rocknrolltaz Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:19:41 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/?p=1032#comment-4224 Who cares? Who cares?

]]> By: UgLee1 http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/2009/07/01/boeing-to-buy-voughts-787-operations-report-says/comment-page-1/#comment-4223 UgLee1 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:52:43 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/?p=1032#comment-4223 Controls the bleeding from contracted failures, and also makes sure huge $gains$ by Spirit aren't replicated in S. Carolina. Controls the bleeding from contracted failures, and also makes sure huge $gains$ by Spirit aren’t replicated in S. Carolina.

]]> By: n7mk http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/2009/07/01/boeing-to-buy-voughts-787-operations-report-says/comment-page-1/#comment-4222 n7mk Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:56:06 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/?p=1032#comment-4222 Hmmm... I thought outsourcing was supposed to be the answer to everything??? Hmmm… I thought outsourcing was supposed to be the answer to everything???

]]> By: Karl_Hungus http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/2009/07/01/boeing-to-buy-voughts-787-operations-report-says/comment-page-1/#comment-4221 Karl_Hungus Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:57:14 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/?p=1032#comment-4221 About time. If Boeing would have built the entire plane it would be delivered already. About time. If Boeing would have built the entire plane it would be delivered already.

]]> By: newsletter http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/2009/07/01/boeing-to-buy-voughts-787-operations-report-says/comment-page-1/#comment-4220 newsletter Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:01:47 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/?p=1032#comment-4220 who wants to bet that boeing sells this to spirit too? who wants to bet that boeing sells this to spirit too?

]]> By: yourkidding http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/2009/07/01/boeing-to-buy-voughts-787-operations-report-says/comment-page-1/#comment-4219 yourkidding Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:18:22 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/?p=1032#comment-4219 spirit has/had plans for another building, located where the humane shelter was.... spirit has/had plans for another building, located where the humane shelter was….

]]> By: redcoalcarpet http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/2009/07/01/boeing-to-buy-voughts-787-operations-report-says/comment-page-1/#comment-4218 redcoalcarpet Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:05:01 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/?p=1032#comment-4218 I'm thinking that this purchase is to get a large part of their supply chain problems under control rather than adding a new assembly line. I’m thinking that this purchase is to get a large part of their supply chain problems under control rather than adding a new assembly line.

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