An important potential application of digitalization in aerospace that is poised to deliver real benefit to our industry! Provenance of components and the processes used to install them are central to safety and confidence.
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A coalition announced Thursday aims to stop unauthorized aircraft components from entering the global supply chain, with founding members including Boeing, GE, Delta, Airbus, American Airlines, and United Airlines, as well as Aircraft maintenance provider StandardAero and engine-maker Safran. #Aerospace#Engineering#Aircrafthttps://lnkd.in/gVaJMBXy
Aviation industry giants have come together to form the Aviation Supply Chain Integrity Coalition.
With big names like Airbus, Boeing, American Airlines, and more on board, this coalition aims to halt the entry of unauthorized parts into the aviation supply chain.
Following recent incidents of forged part documentation, this coalition will play a pivotal role in reinforcing compliance with safety standards. Their efforts kick off with a comprehensive 90-day review, promising to enhance safety and reliability in the skies.
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A turbulent start to the week for Boeing 🛬
In a significant development for the aviation sector, Boeing faced a challenging Monday as its shares listed in Frankfurt experienced a sharp decline, plunging as much as 8%.
This downturn follows the recent directive from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, which called for the temporary grounding of several Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets. The decision was prompted by an incident involving a panel detaching from an Alaska Airlines jet midair, resulting in an emergency landing.
Meanwhile, Airbus, Boeing’s key competitor, seems to be navigating smoother skies. Its shares saw a 2% increase. This upturn is noteworthy, especially as Airbus is set to announce its annual performance, with industry insiders suggesting it delivered 735 planes last year. If confirmed, this would mark Airbus as the world’s largest planemaker for the fifth consecutive year, a testament to its growing market share and resilience, particularly in the wake of the challenges faced by Boeing since 2018.
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It is not surprising that Boeing and its supplier are on the news again. People at these firms are too busy cheering over fuel efficiency and cost reduction, than instilling a safety-first culture which shall be the core corporate value and baseline competitive advantage.
We are so far ahead of the last century, where accidents are common reminders of safety. It's natural that airlines are asking for lower-cost aircrafts:
1) US Jet A-1 price is at $1.295/gal in 2020, not $0.386/gal in 1978
2) Customers don't hear so often about aviation accidents
3) Increased competition and customers emphasizing more about the experience than safety
Maybe instead of saving cost on aircrafts, the industry should focus on investing in technologies for ATC service, especially PBN and collision avoidance, where bigger cost savings can coincide with improvement on safety.
#aviation#737max#faa#alaskaairlines#safety
While supplier changes and budget cuts impact projects, nothing is more important than embedding strong quality controls at each phase. This article by Julie Johnsson captures the news and the bigger story behind the accident quite beautifully.
#quality#aerospace#qualityexcellence
The Alaska Air 1282 accident has to be dismaying for Boeing. It's also a reminder just how complicated and fragile the aerospace recovery is for manufacturers still struggling from the exodus of seasoned workers during Covid. From my latest:
“It’s not good for anybody, especially given this aircraft’s history,” said Richard Aboulafia, managing director at aviation consultant AeroDynamic Advisory. “In the background of this, there is bad need for cultural changes that put senior corporate management more closely in touch with the design and manufacture of aircraft.”
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True for any industry:”….. put senior corporate management more closely in touch with the design and manufacture…..”.
This is not a Boeing problem.
It’s a leadership problem.
Profits and reputation are created on the backs of delivery by frontline workers who are pushed to pursue processes delinked from person centred outcomes but typically address cost…..
If as a senior leader you can’t describe the details of your process and don’t have data on daily work, that creates outcomes, you are exposed to the same liabilities.
When harm keeps happening, it’s only a matter of time before a pathological safety culture comes to light……
Where would reputation be after that?
Where would conscience be?
The Alaska Air 1282 accident has to be dismaying for Boeing. It's also a reminder just how complicated and fragile the aerospace recovery is for manufacturers still struggling from the exodus of seasoned workers during Covid. From my latest:
“It’s not good for anybody, especially given this aircraft’s history,” said Richard Aboulafia, managing director at aviation consultant AeroDynamic Advisory. “In the background of this, there is bad need for cultural changes that put senior corporate management more closely in touch with the design and manufacture of aircraft.”
#aviation#737max#travelhttps://lnkd.in/gpa2e8eg
Loose Bolts comes on the investigation stages of the 737 Max 9
It is fastened bolts by the PEOPLE to the installation instruction written by the PEOPLE, it is inspected by the inspectors and qualified by the Quality insurance PEOPLE, it is double checked by the Design engineer that comply with the Original Design Intent of the PEOPLE, it is reported to the Service Review Board as it completed and checked off the open item list by the PEOPLE.
The PEOPLE has the strength to do their job totally compliance to the aviation standards, practices and disciplines, so as the design view board, so as the Product Approval Board and Product Configuration Board and Service Bulletin Review Board.
It seem the tremendous gap in the total PEOPLE chain and Product and Service systems. Why and what caused it, the Safety Board Concerns and NTSB and FAA AD alerts
Why the lost of the positive energy and team work PEOPLE therein. Trying the simulation of the loose bolts and structure frames are essential with the enhancement of the Ai enabled system cause analyzing.
The Alaska Air 1282 accident has to be dismaying for Boeing. It's also a reminder just how complicated and fragile the aerospace recovery is for manufacturers still struggling from the exodus of seasoned workers during Covid. From my latest:
“It’s not good for anybody, especially given this aircraft’s history,” said Richard Aboulafia, managing director at aviation consultant AeroDynamic Advisory. “In the background of this, there is bad need for cultural changes that put senior corporate management more closely in touch with the design and manufacture of aircraft.”
#aviation#737max#travelhttps://lnkd.in/gpa2e8eg