2k Boeing 737s Must Get Tail Inspections After Jets Pitched Up&Down Mid-Flight

3 comments

• laweijfmvo 45 minutes ago

    > It is estimated that each inspection will take six work hours and cost $510 per aircraft, putting the cost across the US fleet at over $1 million, not including the price of replacement parts.
  

  trivial, to ensure that hundreds of people don’t die, so of course several airlines pushed back on the requirement.
• bix6 1 hour ago
  Amazed any 737 is still allowed to fly at this point.
• FrankWilhoit 1 hour ago
  No inspections. Only bribe. That's where we're heading, even if we may not quite be there yet.