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In my mind Boeing bears just as much responsibility for the quality missteps of their vendors. The key is integration - Boeing is responsible for the testing a
by riffic 14y ago
In my mind Boeing bears just as much responsibility for the quality missteps of their vendors.
The key is integration - Boeing is responsible for the testing and when problems are discovered, they need to be brought to the attention of GE.
- rgwright 14y agoGE is not a vendor to Boeing, they are both suppliers to the airline. The standard setup for both commercial and military sales is for the customer to buy the engines and airframe separately. Both the engine company and airframer collaborate in the integration testing, with the engine company being primarily responsible for the engine.