Exactly.
I flew the 777 for a living. It’s a tank.
Extremely reliable, flies like a dream, plenty of power.
I haven’t flown the new generation 777 though and you can bet it’s not as safe. Nothing Boeing makes now is.
I used to be a “if it’s not Boeing I’m not going” pilot.
I feel stupid now.
Airlines suffer the exact same problem. Greed.
Boeing doesn’t make the engines. GE does (or Pratt and Whitney).
They are very reliable engines too.
If they start failing in a specific airline, it’s a maintenance problem.
Edit: also as comments started, this could be nothing but normal issues, haven’t read the article. I stopped reading at “engine issues, including tyre falling off…” What??
By “new generation”, do you mean the 777X? Boeing’s production seems to have throttled down on it for a while now. I’m guessing they’re pushing the 787 over it from what I can tell.
That’s a good point, but it doesn’t really hold water here, because if the issue were specific to Boeing we’d be seeing far more incidents from a variety of airlines. United is the primary one hitting the news lately.
Either United has some serious maintenance issues, or someone is trying really hard to short United stock.
This plane has been flying for 20+ years before it ran into an issue. This is not a Boeing problem. It’s a maintenance issue with United.
You drive your car for 20 years and your brakes fail, it’s not Honda’s fault that you weren’t doing the maintenance on it.
It’s not even really a maintenance issue. This kind of thing happens all the time.
If it were not a Boeing and United thing, it would have never made the news.
If it was Boeing then it would also affect much more companies who use their planes but I just keep seeing United here, United there.
Agree. It could also be any other nature of emergency.
It wasn’t anything super major to divert for an hour and then land.
Exactly. I flew the 777 for a living. It’s a tank. Extremely reliable, flies like a dream, plenty of power. I haven’t flown the new generation 777 though and you can bet it’s not as safe. Nothing Boeing makes now is.
I used to be a “if it’s not Boeing I’m not going” pilot. I feel stupid now.
Airlines suffer the exact same problem. Greed. Boeing doesn’t make the engines. GE does (or Pratt and Whitney). They are very reliable engines too. If they start failing in a specific airline, it’s a maintenance problem.
Edit: also as comments started, this could be nothing but normal issues, haven’t read the article. I stopped reading at “engine issues, including tyre falling off…” What??
By “new generation”, do you mean the 777X? Boeing’s production seems to have throttled down on it for a while now. I’m guessing they’re pushing the 787 over it from what I can tell.
Yeah the 777X. Weird, the 777 is so successful.
Most of the ‘Boeing things’ we’ve been hearing about have been maintenance issues. Even the initial blowout was a mix of Boeing and maintenance.
Your 20 year old car hasn’t been getting regular software and hardware updates from the manufacturer, though. United has.
That’s a good point, but it doesn’t really hold water here, because if the issue were specific to Boeing we’d be seeing far more incidents from a variety of airlines. United is the primary one hitting the news lately.
Either United has some serious maintenance issues, or someone is trying really hard to short United stock.