The Senior Observer

 It's really looking bad for the Boeing workers who work on the 787.  It is not just necessarily just to fix the problem of the burning batteries but by doing  it the right way.   Other users have solved the problem but Boeing also has to fix it by not increasing the weight.  Other users do it by encasing the battery in an iron case.  Every pound on this airplane is considered.  And to fix the battery problem by substantially increasing the weight is something  Boeing just can not do indiscriminately. I see today in the Seattle Times that each one of the batteries cost $16,000.00. Not much perhaps in the grand scheme of the cost of the airplane but on the other hand nothing to sneeze at.   That's profit your talking
here.   Yep, looks like the 787 production line is headed for trouble.  Boeing said it would be keeping the production line going but how much space is there to store these airplanes?  Looks like Boeing's idea to make parts all over the world and ship them to Everett s for assembly is not working out. Save your pennies Boeing workers for it looks like up you might need them to supplement your unemployment income.

As one of the writers in the Sunday Seattle Times asked "Who is going to get fired over this disaster?"