More Outsourcing screwups for Dreamliner

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012201147_boeing25.html

Another month and another outsourcing screw-up by Boeing contractors. That means even more rework for the most delayed plane in aviation history.

While the qualified American engineers sit home and collect unemployment checks the incompetent Italian replacements screw things up over and over and over.

"Boeing has temporarily grounded its 787 Dreamliner flight-test fleet while it checks for an assembly flaw in the horizontal tails built by Italian manufacturing partner Alenia."

"Brackets that help hold the horizontal tail, also called a stabilizer, were improperly installed." What a surprise....Cheap incompetent workers didn't know what they were doing. Go figure.....

Boeing insisted the planes are not grounded, merely not flying until inspections are completed. Boeing logic at it's finest.

(Incompetent) Alenia mechanics in Foggia, Italy, improperly installed brackets used to attach the horizontal tail to the fuselage, according to people familiar with the problem.

The error, discovered during final assembly in Everett, (By Competent American engineers who cost more but actually know what they are doing)involved small pieces of composite material, called shims, that are used routinely to fill small gaps when assembling structural parts.

The (Incompetent) Alenia mechanics also applied too much torque (Idiots) when tightening fasteners through the brackets, Boeing confirmed.

"Exactly a year ago, Boeing issued a stop-work order to Alenia's other 787 plant in Grottaglie, Italy, after Everett engineers discovered wrinkles in the 787 fuselage skins."

"The wrinkles arose because the edges of the fuselage stiffening rods, called stringers, that Alenia had manufactured were way out of the specified thickness."

YAY OUTSOURCING......If your company is looking to lose Billions (with a B) Outsourcing is the answer.