As an engineer at a major US aircraft OEM, I feel like quality is going down. The constant push for competitiveness and emphasis on stock performance puts a lot of pressure on suppliers to constantly find ways to do things cheaper. Methods that were tried-and-true are revised to a new process that should work as good but are cheaper. We end up with expensive Service Actions to fix those things because the old way was the right way.
Messier-Bugatti, which had previously only manufactured wheels and brakes, was given the 777X main gear contract because Goodrich didn't participate in the race to the bottom and maintained standards. I'm sure it will be fine...
Our major customers won't RON the new jets until after the first 3 months because there are too many production bugs to work out.
We've been firing all the QA inspectors, but the Air Force won't accept tankers because they're full of FOD. I could go on...
Messier-Bugatti, which had previously only manufactured wheels and brakes, was given the 777X main gear contract because Goodrich didn't participate in the race to the bottom and maintained standards. I'm sure it will be fine...
Our major customers won't RON the new jets until after the first 3 months because there are too many production bugs to work out.
We've been firing all the QA inspectors, but the Air Force won't accept tankers because they're full of FOD. I could go on...
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