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Someone on reddit said yesterday a KLM flight (apparently B777) was grounded because of incorrect date (in some Honeywell equipment?): https://www.reddit.com/r/

• Aromasin 8y ago
  We had some Honeywell engineers at my workplace for a system integration meeting. Over lunch I got the opportunity to talk with them. This came up in conversation. Apparently it's very much all-hands-on-deck at the moment - almost every system they've currently got on-board Boeing aircraft is being assessed, and they're in all hours of the day to get new revisions through. I do not envy them right now.
  • mehrdadn 8y ago
    Is it because they didn't see the GPS rollover coming up (it was in the news though)? Or did they not think their products would be affected?
    • Aromasin 8y ago
      Partly that (I think there were some legacy systems that were missed), partly that every minor clerical and drawing error that got passed through because of how insignificant it was (nothing that would affect the integrity of the aircraft I should add) has been flagged by Boeing. They want to look proactive to their customers and shareholders I suppose. That means lots of tiny, insignificant changes to hundreds of drawings. It's nothing technically challenging for the most part - just lots and lots of paperwork.