I must be on something. I agree with MTG on the shutdown.

Excerpt: The Rise and Fall of Boeing and the Way Back Oct. 7, 2025, (c) Leeham News: Boeing's decline into the existential crisis that befell the company in March 2019 was decades in the making. The 1997 merger with McDonnell Douglas Corp. is pegged as the tripping point. But the foundation…

I just had an article (sub required) at @leehamnews.com on FAA staffing issues beyond ATC. There are documented issues in Aircraft Certification, Aeronautical Info, Aviation Inspectors, etc. It's a big, longstanding problem that has its roots in congressional funding. leehamnews.com/2025/10/02/s...

FAA begins to ease restrictions on Boeing Subscription Required Part 2 of 2 By Scott Hamilton  Oct. 06, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing is making progress toward its recovery from six years of back-to-back-to-back crises, but slow certification of three airplane derivatives has been a major roadblock.…

I have a new article up at @leehamnews.com (subscription req, but you can read a bit of it for free) that digs into just how complex flight safety positions are at the FAA and how so many people don't know what matters. leehamnews.com/2025/10/02/s...

The eBook version of The Rise and Fall of Boeing and the Way Back is now available. tinyurl.com/mvdk7rdc

Staffing shortages affect Air Traffic Control, NOTAMS, updates–and Boeing Subscription Required Part 1 of 2 Parts By Colleen Mondor Oct. 2, 2025, © Leeham News: The Trump Administration’s drive to cut employment in the federal government slashed numbers across virtually every agency and…

All these reports of #Boeing beginning design of a 737 replacement are vastly overstated. See this for perspective: leehamnews.com/2025/09/30/p...

Shutdown impacts Accelerating procurement for the ATC contract Why aren't we talking about Alvin Brown being fired from the NTSB? AND MORE I'm back on track, y'all. Here's the newsletter...... colleenmondor.substack.com/p/33-talking...

Perspective on Boeing’s 737 replacement By Scott Hamilton Sept. 30, 2025, © Leeham News: The Wall Street Journal billed the story as an exclusive, and it did contain details previously unreported. But the fact that Boeing is working on a 737 replacement isn’t new, even if Boeing has been…

Great movie, sooo much better than the remake

Autumn 🍁 Mount Jefferson in Oregon

How’s the next new aircraft produced? Part 7. Other OEMs. Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Sept. 25, 2025, © Leeham News:  In Part 1 of this series, we described the production system for Embraer. Should Embraer or any other OEM enter the race for the next aircraft in the single aisle…

Little impact seen on Boeing by Trump’s new H1B visa policy By Scott Hamilton Sept. 23, 2025, © Leeham News: President Trump’s announcement last Friday that there will be a $100,000 fee on new applications for H1B business visas doesn’t appear to have much effect on Boeing. Boeing has, for years,…

How’s the next new aircraft produced? Part 6. Airbus: Production of future aircraft Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Sept. 22, 2025, © Leeham News:  In Part 5 of this series, we described the efforts to improve Airbus' present production, and what the learnings were from changes in…

How’s the next new aircraft produced? Part 5. Airbus: Improving the present Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Sept. 18, 2025, © Leeham News: In Part 1 of this series, we described the history behind Airbus' very different production setup. The need to give a distributed value creation…

Boeing’s Orberg: Striving for parity with Airbus deliveries Traveled work, rework are still obstacles 777X certification running late; customers now see first deliveries in 4Q2026 By Karl Sinclair Sept. 17, 2025, © Leeham News: “We were almost at parity on deliveries with Airbuses last month....…

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The #Boeing story continues by LeehamNews.com's Scott Hamilton with "The Rise and Fall of Boeing And the Way Back." This book follows his previous study, "Air Wars, The Global Combat Between Boeing and #Airbus." tinyurl.com/yachcrh6

EU Awards €945 Million to 12 ‘Clean Aviation’ Projects From our partners at AIN: Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking funds further R&D for decarbonization efforts By Hanneke Weitering • Science & Technology Editor Sept. 12, 2025, (c) AIN:  The European Union’s Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking has…

How’s the next new aircraft produced? Part 4. Boeing: new aircraft production Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Sept. 15, 2025, © Leeham News: In the fourth part of our article series about the Production of the next new aircraft, we look at what changes Boeing needs to do to produce…

Interesting information in this #SeattleTimes article about the latest #FAA fine of #Boeing. www.seattletimes.com/business/boe... @chasingray.bsky.social

How’s the next new aircraft produced? Part 3. Boeing: Improving the present. Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Sept. 11, 2025, © Leeham News: In the third part of our article series about the Production of the next new aircraft, we look at where Boeing is with the present production…

The Rise and Fall of Boeing, And The Way Back By Scott Hamilton Sept. 10, 2025, © Leeham News: The sequel to my book Air Wars, The Global Combat Between Airbus and Boeing, published today on Amazon (US and selected international markets, including France, the UK, Germany, Japan and elsewhere). The…

Read our in depth economic and operational performance analysis of the #Embraer E195-E2 v #Boeing 737-7 with the #Avelo order announced today at leehamnews.com

Crossing Date Line at noon. It will be tomorrow. Recrossing 30 minutes later. It will be yesterday.

open.substack.com/pub/contrari... A toothless “Supreme” Court with very limited jurisdiction and term limits would be quite a legacy for Roberts, the self-described “institutionalist.”

How’s the next new aircraft produced? Part 2. Advancing the State of the Art Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team  Sept. 8, 2025, © Leeham News: In the second part of our article series about the Production of the next new aircraft, we look at the latest trends around advancing the state…

Currently on a cruise ship 35 miles off Prudhoe Bay WB. This far off, says Captain, cuz it's shallow here, about 40m, and any closer risks running into an "obstruction." In other words, risking running aground. Don't you just love corporate speak?

Some inspiration for your weekend: We’re big believers in the simple act of watching waves. 🌊 No phone, no agenda, just eyes on the rise and fall. It’s one of the simplest ways to step out of frantic human time, into ocean time. A few thoughts on letting the sea reset you. #OceanHoptimism 🧵👇

How’s the next new aircraft produced? Part 1. The starting point. Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Sept. 4, 2025, © Leeham News: The coming decade is likely to see announcements of new airplanes from Airbus and Boeing. If Embraer decides to move up into the mainline sector, a new…

Sometimes we found some really big icebergs while sailing in Greenland… Beautiful soft moment during endless sunset.

Trump tariffs beginning to hurt US aerospace companies; EU competitors to benefit Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton and Karl Sinclair Sept. 1, 2025, © Leeham News: New policies by President Donald Trump in the first six months of his second administration in trade, with the North Atlantic…

Going through Northwest Passage. We've just been told we're heading into Force 10 winds storm. 50-80 kts. Racing to beat the storm by noon to take refuge in protected Cambridge Bay. Storm by 5pm.

GE increasing use of automation and AI to support MRO Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Aug. 25, 2025, © Leeham News: GE Aerospace is using robotics, automation, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) as well as rare access to supercomputers throughout its global footprint, services, and in…

To make up for the shortage of Canadairs, production of which has ceased, and to deal with the increase in forest fires, Positive Aviation, a french company, is proposing to adapt ATR 72 to make water bombers. The start-up plans to produce a demonstrator this year. © Positive aviation

Left Greenland last night for Canada. Spectacular scenery in Greenland. Here's our view today.

China, Boeing appear near massive order: report By Scott Hamilton Aug. 21, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing is nearing a massive order for up to 500 aircraft with China, Bloomberg reports. Completing the deal depends on political considerations, as so many of these do between China and the US for…

as always, the secret is to combine two items in your inventory into one :)

Hard to see in this photo but this is the runway of the Simisiut Greenland airport. Quite the up and down on the runway. DHC Dsah 8-300 operates here.

P&W pursues “Industrial 4.0” with GTF engine improvements Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Aug. 18, 2025, © Leeham News: Pratt & Whitney’s long slog in fixing one technical problem after another with its marque PurePower Geared Turbo Fan engine isn’t over yet. It won’t be for another couple…

Flying a rare bird today. @Airbus A330-800 on Air Greenland. Only 12 ordered worldwide

www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Airbus thought it wokkd sell only 600 A320s over the life of the program

Eve Raising $230 Million To Support eVTOL Aircraft Development From LNA's partner at AIN: By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor Eve Air Mobility plans to raise $230 million in equity capital through a share offering that is set to close on Friday. The government-backed Brazilian Development Bank…

This unfairly describes the situation. #Airbus is producing +50 A320s a month and #Boeing is producing +/- 38 737s a month. Boeing is still in a long recovery. Of course it will deliver fewer airplanes than Airbus. www.aerotime.aero/articles/boe...

A key win for #Boeing over #Embraer: www.airdatanews.com/boeing-wins-...

Collins Aerospace continues R&D on electrical options despite industry pullback Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Aug. 11, 2025, © Leeham News: At the Annual General Meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in October 2021, a detailed green aviation plan was adopted to…