Seems a hotly debated topic on A.net. Just been linked to the thread, that has over 200 replies!!, by a friend who says its a load of C**P. The source seems an little flakey to me. Thought I’d let you guys at it
LAHORE – The B-777s delivered to PIA earlier this year are stated to be not up to the required specification and the management has expressed its concern over its quality, sources in the national flag carrier confided to The Nation here on Sunday.
As per sources, the planes cannot gain the required height during flight and are consuming more fuel, causing loss to the airline.
By: Bmused55 - 26th May 2006 at 22:02
Airliners.net Airbus V Boeing usual nonsense perhaps?
Surely, in my limited knowledge of engineering projects, facts/figures would have been finalised long before the aircraft reach the customer, and indeed that if there was a problem (test flights anyone?) then the customer would reject the aircraft at either the initial proposition stage, or during acceptance flights?
Well, in an ideal world perhaps.
There have been several cases where an airline that have received an aircraft and once in service found them to not quite live up to what the Manufacturer said they would. I won’t name types or any such. Suffice to say, every manufacturer gets it wrong from time to time.
By: Grey Area - 26th May 2006 at 22:00
was dissapointed when I saw the LR rotate for the first time… Instead of blasting out like the ER’s they just gently glide up, presumingly to save fuel.
With a wing as efficient as that on the LR, “blasting out” would just be a waste of fuel, Sam. 🙂
By: murph - 26th May 2006 at 21:47
Airliners.net Airbus V Boeing usual nonsense perhaps?
Surely, in my limited knowledge of engineering projects, facts/figures would have been finalised long before the aircraft reach the customer, and indeed that if there was a problem (test flights anyone?) then the customer would reject the aircraft at either the initial proposition stage, or during acceptance flights?
By: RingwaySam - 26th May 2006 at 21:35
I was dissapointed when I saw the LR rotate for the first time… Instead of blasting out like the ER’s they just gently glide up, presumingly to save fuel.
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