[hef19898]

Oh dear, do you have any idea what, say, Emirates will do to Boeing and Airbus if the promised delivery date is missed? And how airplanes are built and delivered? Hint, delivery dates are not estimates and proposals that might be met, or maybe wont.

And what makes you think planes don't have to safe for flight, with controls and sign offs, before take of?

[lmm]

> Oh dear, do you have any idea what, say, Emirates will do to Boeing and Airbus if the promised delivery date is missed? And how airplanes are built and delivered? Hint, delivery dates are not estimates and proposals that might be met, or maybe wont.

Both Boeing and Airbus have missed a bunch of delivery dates this year and will continue to do so. For some of them they're blaming regulatory approval. Guess what, it happens, life goes on, people in that industry can at least recognise that it's better than flying a plane that hasn't been approved.

> And what makes you think planes don't have to safe for flight, with controls and sign offs, before take of?

They do, and again the point is: what happens if the plane isn't ready? It doesn't fly until it is. They don't ignore the checks because they have a deadline.

[hef19898]

Missing a deadline doesn't mean that deadlines are pointless. And yes, Airbus and Boeing missed those. Guess what, they had to pay contractual penalties.

You want to do creative work without deadlines and real world consequences for missing those? Become an artist, a rich one preferably because sponsors and exhibitions are a thing in the art world, too.

[pverghese]

Depending on the contract, missed deadlines usually have penalties. There is a reason for deadlines, especially for complicated projects. The reason being other people have to plan their time to make use of their available resources profitably.