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Post by stealthmanbob on Jun 2, 2016 18:46:10 GMT 1
From the information we have it looks like May was not a very good month for frames entering FAL ? There seem to have been only 3 or possibly 4 frames that entered S50. There should have been at least 5 (the Jan 2016 rate) and possibly closer to 6 (the June 2016 rate) going into FAL ?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2016 19:01:57 GMT 1
Note the third Station 50 don't have aircraft since MSN 71 moves to S40
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jun 2, 2016 19:06:46 GMT 1
Note the third Station 50 don't have aircraft since MSN 71 moves to S40 That third station is only going to be used for -1000s ? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2016 19:59:06 GMT 1
Maybe, but it is strange, because the next -1000 will be MSN 88. So it's not sure.
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jun 2, 2016 20:10:43 GMT 1
Maybe, but it is strange, because the next -1000 will be MSN 88. So it's not sure. MSN 88 will go in to FAL in advance of other MSNs. |
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jun 2, 2016 21:57:16 GMT 1
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Post by XWB on Jun 2, 2016 22:02:54 GMT 1
From the information we have it looks like May was not a very good month for frames entering FAL ? There seem to have been only 3 or possibly 4 frames that entered S50. There should have been at least 5 (the Jan 2016 rate) and possibly closer to 6 (the June 2016 rate) going into FAL ? The 5th missing A350 would be MSN 63. Summer vacation is coming up and will see a reduced production rate during this period. Rate 6 would be for Q4 this year. Maybe, but it is strange, because the next -1000 will be MSN 88. So it's not sure. The current production rate of 5 jets per month does not require three Station 50 positions. Those three stations are only required to support a production rate of 10 jets per month, a rate that will not be reached until 2018. So I guess Airbus will reserve the addition S50/40/30 stations for the first A350-1000 customer frame. This way assembly of the A350-1000 cannot interfere with the production of the -900 in case issues are found. And MSN 88 might be ahead of production sequence (like MSN 59 was), perhaps it will be used for route proving flights. |
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Post by philidor on Jun 2, 2016 22:53:36 GMT 1
Thank you for your detailed post, but I have doubts about the following assertion. Summer vacation is coming up and will see a reduced production rate during this period. Rate 6 would be for Q4 this year. I think it's excessive to say that we'll see a reduced production during the summer. The FAL is stopping for no more than two weeks in August. The rest of the summer, I believe production is as usual, though Airbus may be making some adjustments. I don't know whether there are fewer entries ahead of that period. If so, why did Airbus plan a rate increase on June 30th ? |
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jun 2, 2016 23:16:31 GMT 1
Thank you for your detailed post, but I have doubts about the following assertion. Summer vacation is coming up and will see a reduced production rate during this period. Rate 6 would be for Q4 this year. I think it's excessive to say that we'll see a reduced production during the summer. The FAL is stopping for no more than two weeks in August. The rest of the summer, I believe production is as usual, though Airbus may be making some adjustments. I don't know whether there are fewer entries ahead of that period. If so, why did Airbus plan a rate increase on June 30th ? I agree, 6 per month from end of June then 7 pm from Jan 2017, so why only 3 or possibly 4 loaded in May ? We know we are missing 1 QR frame but it still should have been more ? |
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Post by carl on Jun 3, 2016 8:42:06 GMT 1
maybe they are doing some modifications to the assembly stations before the rate increase?
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