Air India's much misaligned
National air carrier who has for so long complained about 787 glitching out on
so many scheduled flights, has now made a mature decision for its 787. It will
not charge Boeing for its delivery delays with compensation on its last six
models yet to be delivered.
The
original delivery schedule for those six 787 were have to occurred during July
2015 through March 2016. The AI schedule now moves to a later date of November
2016 through August 2018.
The no
talk position by its airline leaders suggests other possibilities than just
shutting up about the 787 problems it has encountered. Winging It has always
considered, AI not ready for a prime time player renovating its fleet with the 787
aircraft. They are just not ready for supporting the most technologically advanced
aircraft in the world. They have acted as if they are a third world operation
complaining about all the technological glitches Boeing has caused them.
The other
world airlines have received copious quantity of 787. The likes of Japan
Airlines, ANA and United have had their fair shares of "problems",
since first delivery of the 787. Battery failures, landing gear issues and fire
just to name a few problems other have experienced during the last four years.
However,
Air India has come out as one of the biggest complainers of problems of which
none of its problems have even reached the same level of problems by the
leading airlines just mentioned. Air India has finally grown up with its 787.
The problems are mitigated through both Boeing and Air India's participation.
They have grown up and are ready to go get the last six units entered into its
production slots. No longer will they publicly lambast Boeing for its problems.
Every aircraft ever made has its problems.
Every airline ever operated also
contributes to those problems. Air India does not get to escape that
distinction of being exempt from responsibility when preparing for new technology which every other airline had prepared for, and then goes and mitigates glitches in a systematic
order. ANA knew it had to gain an operational level never before considered
when taking on its first high tech 787.
Air India appeared to have a nonchalant attitude
of business as usual with its 787 problems. That idea didn't fly well with the
787 on deck. Air India was behind the operational curve from the start. Even
with all the glitching, they weren't prepared well for the inflight events and
wanted to assign blame rather than assign technicians to the source problem.
They called Boeing instead and complained and wanted more money for its trouble
with the 787.
The
question remains, why does Air India have all the problems and all rotten luck
flying the 787, when others have had problems, but the others also make its own luck
fixing problems instead of going to the press over it?
The
answer is simple and here it is: Everybody having a 787 has grown up flying it
in a very fast sequence. Air India is politically dependent of its country. So
every politician or AI CEO politicize the problems so no responsibility is passed, "on their watch". Boeing then takes a public flogging from Air India's experience of multiple mishaps. Air India is about to lose part of its order (6-787)
unless somebody takes responsibility for the 787 they own, just as all major airlines
have done during its own difficult 787 times, they take "ownership" and move forward.
Plan B
Air India: Nobody talks about the deal we have with Boeing fixing our problems. "People, we have a problem", and Boeing is going to fix it! Nobody talks, unless you resign from your well paid
job first. Zip it up! Boeing is going to fix our problems and Air India will receive the delivery of six more 787's from Boeing starting in one years through 2018.
Complaining
is now off the table as the Air India begins acting like an Airline. The
culture of blame has died as a way of staying on the job. Air India is growing
up at last.
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