Rolls Royce Trent 1000 and the 787 - any lessons for Boeing here?

[Sprucegoose]

Boeing will be looking at this current issue with the 900 very carefully if they are a clever mob.

I believe it has been posted previously the issues with the development of the Trent 1000, a flow on from the Trent 900.

An insider no doubt will surface and comment.

Cheers

Spruce

 

[Mal]

There was an uncontained failure of a RR engine on their test rig a few months ago:

Explosion closes British test site for jet engines - Los Angeles Times

So hopefully they'll learn a thing or two.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

You'd have to think Pratt & GE are in with a fighting chance.

 

[samh004]

While I’m sure if QF chose not to go with RR and another company instead, the inevitable would happen, I’m not sure on who actually has the safer engine. Does anyone know which manufacturer has suffered from more engine problems?

 

[markis10]

. Does anyone know which manufacturer has suffered from more engine problems?

I did link to this data in another discussion about ETOPS,its obviously a little old:

 

[straitman]

While I’m sure if QF chose not to go with RR and another company instead, the inevitable would happen, I’m not sure on who actually has the safer engine. Does anyone know which manufacturer has suffered from more engine problems?

Does it really matter if one company has had one or two more problems than another :?: (unless of course there is a huge disparity)

By any ones standards these engines are all incredibly reliable :!:

 

[TheInsider]

I really feel sorry for QF at the moment and all they are going through, i hope their PR can do a good job and turn this 'situation' around and somehow for once get in the australian media's good books!

I wonder if bookings have slowed down dramatically at all?

 

[samh004]

I did link to this data in another discussion about ETOPS,its obviously a little old:

Aah yes I recall.

Does it really matter if one company has had one or two more problems than another :?: (unless of course there is a huge disparity)

By any ones standards these engines are all incredibly reliable :!:

I guess I was asking about a huge disparity like you said, but if there wasn’t, then a few here and a few there probably doesn’t mean anything.

I wonder if bookings have slowed down dramatically at all?

I know there’s a sale to europe on right now

 

[Sprucegoose]

I really feel sorry for QF at the moment and all they are going through, i hope their PR can do a good job and turn this 'situation' around and somehow for once get in the australian media's good books!

I wonder if bookings have slowed down dramatically at all?

I have heard QF have the lowest inflight shut down rates, lowest aborted engines related takeoffs and lowest flight cancellations (historically) on you don't seem to hear these statistics bandied around.

It has much to do with the real time inflight monitoring that goes on with QF in sydney.

Any insider comment here. This came from a respected aviation reporter.