Dominic Gates Thanks, Dominic. I appreciate the kind words.

The SEC is investigating whether comments by Boeing or its executives misled investors after the door panel blew off the Alaska Airlines jet seattletimes.com/business/boein… The Seattle Times via Bloomberg Bloomberg

“It brings the entire production certificate into question,” said one former FAA official with extensive certification experience. 'The FAA may have no choice but to assume the falsification is widespread.”

Eye-opening stuff to put it mildly.

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Frank Shrontz Former CEO & Chairman Of The Boeing Company Dies At 92
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Airbus, Spirit AeroSystems to Meet in New York for Takeover Talks bloomberg.com/news/articles/… (via Julie Johnsson & Sid Philip)

New post: The A321neo’s fulcrum role for Airbus airinsight.com/?p=82895

Situation according to official NOTAMs 20:45 UTC time.
* Iran airspace closed to VFR flights only.
* Jordan airspace closed.
* Israel airspace close at 21:30 UTC.

Future of Navy aviation sponsored by who?!?! 👀👀👀👀

Another big cash flow logjam for Boeing:

No deliveries of 777s in the first quarter due to GE-90 engine supply issue

Finally one 777 was delivered this afternoon to Eva Air of Taiwan. The jet is now en route to Taiwan.

by Julie Johnsson
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“Supply-chain lead times mean that parts with suspected [powder metal] issues made before November 2021 were still flowing into new engines on Pratt’s assembly line until late 2023.” (via ⁦Sean Broderick⁩) aviationweek.com/mro/aircraft-p…

Boeing wrote off, took charges in excess of $70bn since McDonnell Douglas merger dlvr.it/T4vXXT

Boeing sees massive cash drain from 737 MAX crisis
CFO says:
*Boeing has stopped taking incomplete fuselages from Spirit
* Production won't get back to 38 per month until late in year
*Commercial Airplanes unit will lose money this year
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by Julie Johnsson

Boeing Criminal Probe Widens With Seattle Grand Jury Subpoena (via ⁦Julie Johnsson⁩) bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Airbus is soaring at Boeing’s expense - we did a deep dive into the opportunity unfolding for the European planemaker, with Sid Philip, Julie Johnsson and others from our awesome aviation crew bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Businessweek

🇨🇦 It’ll be interesting to see how this unfolds…

Airbus 'has inquired with jet leasing firms and airlines, proposing to buy back slots for [its] popular A321neo ... where it can over coming years' in order to sell more planes to United.

via Julie Johnsson Danny Lee Sid Philip bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

'There was a plot loss.' As Boeing's 737 Max crisis deepens, insiders & key customers explain how the company got here & suggest it will take years to repair the damage. bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg Julie Johnsson Julie Johnsson Sid Philip Ryan Beene #Boeing737Max9

We are aware of an incident involving Alaska Airlines Flight #AS1282 . We will share more information as it becomes available.

SCOOP 🍨 w/Julie Johnsson Jenny Leonard China may end a long commercial freeze on Boeing's 737 Max aircraft bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

Can this triangle-shaped jet cut fuel consumption in half? One startup hopes to reimagine commercial aviation with $235 million in Pentagon funding bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Julie Johnsson