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Originally Posted by suburbia
I think irrespective of the part or the actual folks who made that part, the plane is purchased from Boeing, and thus it doesn't matter.
I suspect the phones in most of your pockets have assemblies made by Flextronics or some other contract manufacturer, and maybe a chip from Qualcomm, perhaps something like a processor from Mitsubishi, and glass from someone else. Still, if something goes wrong, it is Apple, or Nokia, or Motorola, or whomever's name is on the product that needs to respond, stand up for their product, and the components from others that they approved for this purpose. Just sayin'.
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From a passenger perspective yes this does play a role since people only hear "Boeing". However in the actual industry stuff like this can cost the engine manufacturers orders, as airlines choose the engine on the aircraft. So Rolls Royce will definitely want to make sure it is handled.
Of course in this day and age you can hear and find out about every little single aviation glitch, squawk, and incident. I actually wonder if a few of us avgeeks weren't tweeting about this as it happened if the local media would have even jumped on it?
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