NEW Problems with the B737MAX!

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What is happening with the production of Boeing’s 737 MAX? So far this year Boeing has had to deal with at least two separate problems affecting the aircraft, slowing down its production. Why is that, and more importantly, are there any safety concerns here?

In this video, we will answer these questions and explain what these issues have to do with Boeing’s recent history, and with some worries about their future.

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Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode.

[fixpacifica]

I was a software engineer at Boeing in Seattle during the '80s. The company was engineering-driven and a national treasure back then. Best, smartest, most well-rounded people I ever worked with. It's sickening to see how it's changed. After HQ moved to Chicago, company executives surrounded themselves with accountants, marketers and lawyers rather than the engineering and production people that were in Seattle.

[andresvillarreal]

The biggest mistake of Boeing was not to sell off Spirit, it was to fill itself with financiers, not with engineers. In fact, more than financiers, it seems they ended up full of old horse salesmen. Your excellent presentation shows how they sold off Spirit to make a buck while losing their control over critical engineering issues. And before this, they took the decisions that led to the catastrophe of the 737 Max to save a buck while dismantling a culture of safe engineering that had started at least half a century earlier. The only good thing here is that Spirit is safe from Boeing's corporate raiding executives.

[stackya]

"Boeing has an accountant as their CEO while Airbus has a test flight engineer as their CEO. I think that speaks volumes about each company."

[ResizeFilms]

3 months after this video was released, another structural issue happened on a brand new 737 Max, with part of the fuselage blowing out. 737 Max grounded, again.

[snuffthemagicdragon]

As a structural engineer for many years in heavy aircraft maintenance, if I was a major customer like Ryan Air, I would have someone overlooking the production of my aircraft. This is not good enough and quite frankly dangerous!!

[Hrafnskald]

I would love to see a sequel to this, going over all the new door plug problems :)

[suntzuwu]

The inspectors may have missed the snowman holes but, the machinist who ran the CNC machine drilling them HAD to know about them. They made a decision to not report them. That is criminal.

[georgegonzalez]

Speaking of snowmen holes, when the holes are like 90% overlapping, the situation can be fixed by drilling a slightly larger hole and going with a non-standard very slightly oversized rivet. Which has to be inspected and signed off by an inspector.

The scuttlebutt is that at Boeing the inspector's notation is "Lockheed rivet". At Lockheed it's "Boeing rivet".

Amusing.

[DCTag]

The 737 Max. The gift that keeps on giving.

[sonnyburnett]

I recall a Boeing engineer was fired after she discovered a sub manufacturer in California was building a section of the 737 fuselage incorrectly and instead of correcting it they released her. She and others were interviewed on 60 Minutes Australia after the 737 Max fiasco. Boeing obviously has major issues that are driven by its drive for profits and lack of pride in its product.

[Steve-gcnt]

It's almost as if Boeing are new to this whole plane building thing.

[wheniamfree]

the worst is that it knew all the while that its 737 Max had problems, but it tried to deny it even after a series of terrible accidents. No company, especially of this importance, should be allowed to continue selling defective products around the world.

[daveandrew]

Never let your company be run by bean counters, especially if you are building a technology product.

[robertbackhaus]

An aircraft manufacturer that decides that building their aircraft is a 'non-core operation'. You've got to laugh.

[harrythehandyman]

My respect to those Boeing and Spirit engineers that are holding on to their work ethics, honestly reported these issues and didn't let these seemingly small issues (but could be potentially catastrophic) pass by.

[DaleSteel]

I can't believe they are drilling holes in wrong places. That seems like something that shouldn't happen on a new bike let alone a new plane.

[juansanchez-trdq]

At 8:18... The single biggest mistake Boeing ever made was merging with McDonald Douglas. It has been a race to the bottom ever since!

[scotttravis]

I have worked for Boeing and Spirit in wichita and I have seen many of the changes you talked about and you are right on. We truly strive to make the best products for the costumers. There have been several changes that affect production, sometimes in a good way and others in a bad way. Take "just in time" parts for example. The concept looked good on paper and would save millions in inventory. The reality though was quite different. This caused part shortages from suppliers. Example being instead of making 50 part batches each time they made a part, it was now reduced to 20. The part shortage would drive up travel work in the factory which drives up overtime. Aldo, the parts would usually show up on Fridays. Which means the installers now would have to work the weekend. More overtime $. Just in time parts dosen't make any sense when you have a backlog of plane orders that are over 2000. Just my 2 cents. Keep up the good work.

[foxracing]

14:53 My grandpa worked for McDonnell Douglas for quite a few years, as did many people in our area who live near STL. The stories he has told me about how badly MD screwed over its own employees during the merger with Boeing, was very infuriating to listen to. Not just that but all the times workers like him tried to tell the "higher ups" that planes weren't being built safely (for many different reasons) they were completely ignored by the superiors who only cared about money/profits.

[md]

Boeing has irreparably destroyed its decades old reputation with the Boeing 737 Max.