Josh T 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2020 When is MH supposed to be getting their 737-MAX? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BC Tam 2 Report post Posted December 13, 2020 MH's order has been cancelled, no ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted December 13, 2020 MH ordered the Max 10 - this plane is not yet certified. The certification programme is way behind schedule as most engineering resources were diverted to fix the grounded models. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) On 12/13/2020 at 4:15 PM, flee said: MH ordered the Max 10 - this plane is not yet certified. The certification programme is way behind schedule as most engineering resources were diverted to fix the grounded models. Actually they placed firm order for 25 (15 B737MAX-8 & 10 B737MAX-10) with 25 options. https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/85298-malaysia-airlines-defers-2020-b737-max-deliveries The delivery suspension was announced in Jan 2020, and no date was given when it would commence again. MH has not been assigned any official production line yet. There are plenty of white tails if MH would like to take early delivery but with COVID-19 around, I highly doubt so. Now that the MAX has been ungrounded, certification of MAX-10 will move quite swiftly. Edited December 15, 2020 by JuliusWong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted February 2 It looks like the 737 MAX may also cost Boeing a huge financial liability! The 787 programme has yet to recover all its development costs and if the 737 can't bring in the profits, Boeing will need to borrow heavily. No wonder Boeing shareholders are suing now! MAX 7 and 10 certification is now officially suspended by Boeing until they redesigned the deicing system: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pall 0 Report post Posted February 2 1 hour ago, flee said: It looks like the 737 MAX may also cost Boeing a huge financial liability! The 787 programme has yet to recover all its development costs and if the 737 can't bring in the profits, Boeing will need to borrow heavily. No wonder Boeing shareholders are suing now! MAX 7 and 10 certification is now officially suspended by Boeing until they redesigned the deicing system: Scary that the -8 and -9 are using this same defective anti-ice design system with 5mins limit when out of icing. What if the pilots forget to switch it off. Can be catastrophic. Something to fear being passengers. Again shows that Boeing prioritize money over safety, disaster waiting to happen again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted February 5 Boeing finds more misdrilled holes on 737 in latest setback (Feb 5): Boeing Co found more mistakes with holes drilled in the fuselage of its 737 Max jet, a setback that could further slow deliveries on a critical programme already restricted by regulators over quality lapses. The latest manufacturing slip originated with a supplier and will require rework on about 50 undelivered 737 jets to repair the faulty rivet holes, Boeing commercial chief Stan Deal said in a note to staff. While he didn’t identify the contractor, a spokesman for fuselage supplier Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc said it’s aware of the issue and will conduct repairs. https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/699809 Looks like quality issues are still an ongoing problem - the past year has seen one quality issue after another with 737 MAX production. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
