Baldy wrote:Apples and oranges. They don't even build the same plane.Chizzang wrote:
Reading comprehension is KEY Baldy...
Boeing 787 final assembly
787 Final assembly in SC the last report I saw takes 2X longer than final assembly in Everett
http://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-w ... es-2017-12
Here are some PICTURES from 7 days ago - that should help you understand
of a 787 in Everett Facility undergoing Final Assembly
Not that it really matters since you're wrong...again.
Each plant currently produces 6 planes per month.
Boeing will accelerate 787 production to 14 per month
Boeing will raise the 787 Dreamliner production rate from 12 jets per month now to 14 per month starting in 2019, chairman and CEO Dennis Muilenburg said Wednesday.
With 787 production evenly split between Everett and North Charleston, S.C., that likely means seven planes per month rolling out at each assembly site, up from six a month today.
I already said that. Look up. I'd like to see the report that says SC is taking twice as long to build the same plane - considering all things are equal I seriously doubt that. I can see SC being twice as slow in the beginning, maybe that was the report Cleets saw, but after 10 years of production i'm sure Boeing employees are up to speed and are on par with their Seattle counterparts.
Maybe CLeets read this article and mistook it for slow.
https://airwaysmag.com/industry/visit-b ... tion-line/
And here's that learning curve I mentioned earlierBoeing South Carolina is home to the company’s second 787 final assembly and delivery facility. Since it delivered its first aircraft in 2012, the final assembly line in Charleston has rolled out 150 Dreamliners, and is currently delivering five out of the 12 787s produced every month, with the remaining seven produced in Everett.
There is the capacity to increase to a total of 14 between the two final assembly lines but Boeing is mum on if and when that will happen, the potential production split, and the actual production flow rates.
Boeing South Carolina is the only final assembly line for the largest variant – the upcoming 787-10, due to the Dreamlifter not being able to transport the entire mid/aft body fuselage. This is also the only Boeing 787 FAL that can produce all three variants: the 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10.
In the early days of North Charleston’s learning curve and the 787’s well documented production challenges, Boeing sent 787s to Everett for rework, completion, delivery, and depending on customer – painting. Since opening a 256,000-square-foot paint facility and Delivery Center in 2016, that is a thing of the past: Boeing South Carolina aircraft are fully assembled, flight tested, and delivered at North Charleston.