Al Jazeera Investigates – Broken Dreams: The Boeing 787

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This is some pretty shocking stuff. Even some people close to the project openly saying that they would not fly the B787.

Boeing's full responses to AJ's inquiries about the 787 "Dreamliner" http://www.aljazeera.com/investigations/boeing787/2014/09/br...

It's pretty sensationalized. Forbes covered it well: http://www.forbes.com/sites/airchive/2014/09/10/review-al-ja...

The shop worker problems sound no worse than any other large factory. If those things bother you, you should probably never set foot in any motorized vehicle again. The 787 rollout (which I attended) being "scandalous" is nonsense as well; everyone knew it was not a flyable ship being shown. They've drummed up a lot of melodrama out of nothing.

I don't believe for a second that the claims were portrayed in a sensationalized fashion. Those are serious allegations that were just brushed off by Boeing's PR folks. Just as the legal, albeit morally questionable, cosy relation between FAA regulators and Boeing lobbing co.

If the aircraft wasn't safe it wouldn't be flying today. But questions regarding QA must be addressed before it's too late (i.e. UA811).

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