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Happy belated birthday! (80?)

Happy Birthday!!

My excuse.....I'm really, really, really old.. .PS..My birhday was 03 May

...3 May 2025.

If they lose a door this time, it could be really messy

Curious.......why post it now when the closing date was 03 May ????

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Boeing Under Investigation After ‘Several’ Employees Failed to Perform Required Wing Attachment Inspection (msn.com)

I can't imagine the feeding frenzy the press would have if another Boeing product failed spectacularly.

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Monday, May 6 Editor’s Note: The launch attempt of NASA’s Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test has been scrubbed as teams evaluate an oxygen relief valve on the Centaur Stage on the Atlas V. Our astronauts have exited Starliner and will return to crew quarters. More information will be forthcoming. 10:30 p.m. —Press briefing with experts from NASA, Boeing, and United Launch Alliance to discuss the launch attempt for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. Stream on NASA+

Beleaguered airline manufacturer Boeing faces at least ten more ‘safe and sound’ whistleblowers after two men who had publicly spoken out against the troubled aerospace company died in recent weeks. Boeing is facing ten more ‘safe and sound’ whistleblowers after two die suddenly Joshua Dean, who worked as a quality auditor at Spirit AeroSystems, died last week, according to his family. The 45-year-old who had an active lifestyle and was believed to be in good health, passed away in the hospital following the onset of a fast-moving infection. He suffered from Influenza B and MRSA, and developed pneumonia, according to Fox59. John Barnett, 62, a quality control engineer at Boeing for 32 years, was found dead at a hotel in March, reportedly from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. There remain at least ten other Boeing whistleblowers out there, both former and current employees, who are “safe and sound” lawyers for both Dean and Barnett told The Independent. Attorney Brian Knowles described the two men as “heroes” who wanted to “help the company do better.” He told The Independent: “What I don’t want to see is, these two unfortunate circumstances, what happened with Josh or John, is to make them fearful to speak up. [But] there are other people out there... there are others.” In January, a door plug of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 travelling for Alaska Airlines blew off in mid-air, leading to the grounding of all 171 MAX 9 jets by the FAA and instigating an investigation (AP)© Provided by The Independent He added that he would not “speculate” on the multiple conspiracy theories being spread online surrounding the two men’s deaths. “These men were heroes. So are all the whistleblowers. They loved the company and wanted to help the company do better,” Mr Knowles previously told The New York Post. “They didn’t speak out to be aggravating or for fame. They’re raising concerns because people’s lives are at stake.” It comes after a string of incidents related to Boeing over the past year. In January, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9’s door plug blew off in mid-air, leading to the grounding of all 171 MAX 9 jets by the FAA and instigating an investigation. On Monday the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) announced it had launched a new investigation into Boeing after the manufacturer “voluntarily” informed it that inspections of a number of its 787 Dreamliner models “may not have been completed.” In a statement to NPR, the FAA said it’s also investigating “whether Boeing completed the inspections and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records.” The agency also said Boeing is re-inspecting “all 787 airplanes still within the production system and must also create a plan to address the in-service fleet.” Monday’s announcement comes in the wake of several previous Boeing controversies. Four people came forward — including Dean and Barnett, alleged that corner-cutting in the manufacturing process of the MAX 9 was causing safety risks. Dave Calhoun, Boeing CEO, announced in March that he would step down at the end of the year while the company reported a $355m net loss for the first quarter of 2024. Meanwhile, Dean’s family posted moving tributes to him on social media. “My handsome brother Joshua passed away this morning and is with our baby brother. I don’t know how much more my family can take. I don’t know how much more I can take honestly,” his sister, Taylor Rae Roberts, wrote in a Facebook post. He had gone public with claims that Spirit’s leadership ignored manufacturing defects in Boeing’s 737 MAX, in a complaint to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in December 2023, as part of a lawsuit filed against the company by shareholders in December 2023. He told The Wall Street Journal in January that he had been fired in April 2023 for pointing out that holes in jet fuselages had been drilled incorrectly. Barnett was found dead at a hotel in March in Charleston, South Carolina. The former Boeing worker had alleged that the company intentionally used defective parts in its planes and warned that passengers on its 787 Dreamliner might face a lack of oxygen if a sudden decompression occurred. John Barnett, 62, was found dead in a hotel room in March from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after beginning testimony in a lawsuit against Boeing (@Megatron_ron/Twitter)© Provided by The Independent He was found dead just days after beginning testimony into another lawsuit against Boeing. Mr Knowles said Barnett had developed PTSD through working for the company, having faced push back against issues he had raised to his superiours. “That stuff weighed on him,” Mr Knowles told The Independent. “When you’re complaining up the chain about serious quality and safety issues you should be taken seriously, you dhouldn’t be harassed for doing that. And he faced that constantly. “That’s a pretty heavy load to take on and then to raise issues and be told not to worry about it, to work in the grey area... there is no grey area.” If you are experiencing feelings of distress, or are struggling to cope, you can speak to the Samaritans, in confidence, on 116 123 (UK and ROI), email jo@samaritans.org, or visit the Samaritans website to find details of your nearest branch. If you are based in the USA, and you or someone you know needs mental health assistance right now, call the National Suicide Prevention Helpline on 1-800-273-TALK (8255). This is a free, confidential crisis hotline that is available to everyone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you are in another country, you can go to www.befrienders.org to find a helpline near you. The Independent has always had a global perspective. Built on a firm foundation of superb international reporting and analysis, The Independent now enjoys a reach that was inconceivable when it was launched as an upstart player in the British news industry. For the first time since the end of the Second World War, and across the world, pluralism, reason, a progressive and humanitarian agenda, and internationalism – Independent values – are under threat. Yet we, The Independent, continue to grow.

Bonza & Flair Investors 777 Partners Accused Of Running A Ponzi Scheme https://simpleflying.com/bonza-flair-777-partners-ponzi-scheme/ 777 Partners, a minority stakeholder in Flair Airlines and the owners of the now-insolvent Australian carrier Bonza, has been accused of years-long fraud by a British asset management company in a lawsuit in the United States. 777 Partners’ personal piggy bank The lawsuit, filed by Leadenhall Capital Partners with the US District Court of the Southern District of New York on May 3, 2024, accused three individuals, 777 Partners, and associated companies, including Advantage Capital Holdings (A-CAP), of fraud, perpetrated by the defendants. The full text of the lawsuit can be read here. According to Leadenhall, one of the defendants, a managing partner at 777 Partners, pledged over $350 million in assets while knowing that these assets did not exist, were not owned by any entities owned by the 777 Partners executive, or had been pledged to another party as The British company had entered into a credit facility agreement with several companies, including 777 Partners, in May 2021. To sign the agreement, the defendants pledged $350 million in assets to withdraw funds between May 2021 and September 2024. “And because the value of the borrowers’ assets also functioned as the borrowing base, the borrowers were required to re-affirm, on a monthly basis and each time they drew funds from the facility, that they owned any assets pledged as collateral to Leadenhall “free and clear” of any other interests.” As such, the British firm stated that if the defendants could not ensure that the pledged assets were free and clear of other legal obligations, the credit facility would become “an illegal and unsecured personal piggy bank that” 777 Partners and its executives could use to finance “finance risky private equity investments in aviation” and other industries. Ponzi scheme at worst The lawsuit explained that the fraud related to the credit facility started to unravel in September 2022, when Leadenhall received an anonymous tip alleging that one of the 777 Partners executives was deceiving the British company about the free use of the pledged assets. In March 2023, a US-based company informed Leadenhall that 777 Partners had also pledged resources for their credit agreement, with a subsequent investigation revealing that the defendants double-pledged $185 million in However, while the defendants pledged to resolve the issue, further investigations unveiled that 777 Partners cannot act independently since A-CAP was the company that provided funding for 777 Partners and their ventures, including aviation-related business. An insider told Leadenhall that, essentially, A-CAP had an express agreement with 777 Partners, which allowed the former to control the operations of the latter. As such, Leadenhall’s lawyers bluntly stated that the defendants, “[…] are operating a giant shell game at best, and an outright Ponzi scheme at worst, that takes money in from investors and lenders and shuffles it around to various money-losing alter egos in the enterprise to disguise their true financial condition.” Startups, MAXs And Tech - The Synergies Of 777 Partners Breaking up with 777 Partners Nevertheless, according to the lawsuit, 777 Partners owned 10% of the Canada-based low-cost carrier Flair Airlines. While the airline was close to having its aircraft repossessed since it owed the Canada Revenue Agency (RCA) CAD67 million ($49 million), the airline’s chief executive officer (CEO), Stephen Jones, said that the carrier and RCA had agreed upon a payment plan and that Flair Airlines has been staying “current with RELATED Canada’s Flair Airlines Reportedly Owes $67 Million In Tax In March 2023, an aircraft lessor repossessed three Boeing 737 MAX 8 and one 737-800 aircraft from the Canadian airline due to unpaid leases for the assets. The four, formerly registered as C-FLKI, C-FLKD, C-FLRS, and C-FFLA, still belong to Airborne Capital. Between February 2022 and March 2023, Flair Airlines’ fleet decreased by 12 aircraft, including 11 Boeing 737 MAXs, according to ch-aviation data. Still, the airline kept breathing and has since broken away from 777 Partners. On May 1, the Canadian carrier announced that an affiliate of its largest senior lender is acquiring “a portion” of the shares owned by 777 Partners while also providing non-binding funding. Different fortunes However, Bonza, the Australian low-cost carrier, was not so lucky. On April 30, the airline announced that it has entered voluntary administration and suspended commercial services up to and including May 7. Qantas Group, which includes Jetstar, and Virgin Australia responded to the suspension of flights, offering Bonza customers an opportunity to fly with them free Still, the loss of Bonza will not significantly impact the Australian market. Data from the aviation analytics company Cirium showed that as of last week, the low-cost carrier scheduled 172 weekly domestic flights. In total, there are 11,702 scheduled weekly domestic flights in Australia in May, meaning that the airline’s market share was 1.46%, with the latest schedule update showing Bonza planning to operate 168 flights or a market share of 1.43%. In an exclusive report by Australian Aviation, a source familiar with the matter told the publication that Bonza was never responsible for paying leases for its four Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, and instead, 777 Partners were obliged to cover the payments.

In my experience….yes.

Sometimes I think they use the equation N-1 for staffing levels. N being the number of main boys you need.

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Always wondered how they get the staffing right for AMEs, especially for line maintenance. At least for pilots you gotta fill the seats.

All male group?

I hope the boys got something good. I know they have been short staffed, worked hard by being given extra work (maint doing cabin fixes) and chronically understaffed.