You might think it's odd, but it's exactly what Boeing had done in the past.
And if you think the 787's problems are confined to its batteries, please read this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21230940
"Keith Hayward, head of research at the Royal Aeronautical Society, said that if the issue is no longer about replacing a faulty battery, it raised the prospect of Boeing having to do a major re-design.
"I think people had their fingers crossed that it was a battery fault... it looks more systemic and serious to me. I suspect it could be difficult to identify the cause," he said."
And if you think the 787's problems are confined to its batteries, please read this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21230940 "Keith Hayward, head of research at the Royal Aeronautical Society, said that if the issue is no longer about replacing a faulty battery, it raised the prospect of Boeing having to do a major re-design.
"I think people had their fingers crossed that it was a battery fault... it looks more systemic and serious to me. I suspect it could be difficult to identify the cause," he said."
(Disclosure: I'm the article's author)
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-- james