Delivery of Boeing Dreamliners delayed again amid regulatory scrutiny
Some $25 billion worth of Boeing 787 Dreamliners may not be delivered until late October as the aviation giant tries to convince air-safety regulators that it has sufficiently addressed defects on the plane.
The latest delay comes after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rejected Boeing's proposal for an accelerated approval process using targeted checks on three airplanes instead of full examinations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.
A total of 106 Dreamliners remain in Boeing's inventory, and months of delivery delays have caused its customers to renegotiate or cancel orders. The latest hangup centers around concerns related to areas surrounding the passenger and cargo doors, the Journal reported.
Boeing argued that the three planes it submitted for inspection were representative of all the Dreamliners in its inventory, but at least one engineer disputed that assessment to the FAA and the regulator rejected the proposal during an Aug. 2 meeting with the company.
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That's what cheap non-union labor gets you.
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