[sami36]

All new planes have their issues. They'll take a few weeks (or hopefully days) to figure out what's ailing it & it'll be back to its beloved skies in no time. I hope Boeing has enough financial reserves to weather the storm of revenues-lost liabilities sure to hit them...& life goes on. I would fly that plane tomorrow if I could. I'm sure the FAA is being extra-careful.

[jacquesm]

Cockpit wiring issues will likely take more than just a few weeks to fix and be re-certified. There are miles and miles of cable in the front of an aircraft, just figuring out what went wrong, engineering a fix, fixing all the planes and getting the fix certified for passenger flights is a fair sized job. Nobody is going to take any chances with stuff like this.

[ericcumbee]

although less than previous aircraft from my understanding. I think i remember saying that the 787 Wiring harness was simplified by replacing alot of cables and wires with a Ethernet like bus for data.

[sami36]

Last thing I heard this was a battery issue. Have they already narrowed it down to cockpit wiring or are you just speculating based on your knowledge of aeronautics & place circuitry ?

[jacquesm]

Apologies, this is now outdated, the first time I heard about it there was talk of a cockpit wiring issue, it seems that there is now more information available.

[mpr3]

I think that as the technology (i.e. software, testing, etc.) improves that people expect more reliable product. It makes sense to hold the aircraft to higher standards as they are flown less and less by humans.