FAA pegs cost of 787 battery fix at $465,000 per plane

The amount of 464,678 US$ will not be the cost of fixing the batteries of B787, but it would be the cost of carelessness and wrong technical assumptions.
Boeing should compensate B787 operators for their financial losses incurred during the period of grounding the aircraft.
For example, Air India was having high hopes for using the advantage of B787’s fuel efficiency in its long-haul flights. However, the carrier has invited bids for the sale and leaseback of all its newly acquired Boeing 787 aircraft from prospective lessors by the first week of February. 
Date: 28 April 2013 commenting on http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/

FAA issues cockpit-window safety mandates

Bureaucracy, bureaucracy, bureaucracy!
The relation between fires/ smoke incidents and certain cockpit windows had been established in 1980, why did Federal Aviation Administration wait for about 30 years to issue a safety mandate?
Moreover, what could be the reason for more time before issuing a maintenance directive for Boeing 747?
Were they just waiting for that safety issue to be publicly highlighted last May before going ahead with a revised safety mandate?
Questionably, the latest directive affects the forward-looking cockpit windows, rather than all cockpit windows as if side cockpit windows are for decorative purpose only. 

Date: 13 July 2010 commenting on http://online.wsj.com/

WTO brands Airbus subsidy illegal

Playing with the rules is the most important safeguard needed to maintain fair competition. The recent decision of the World Trade Organization is a milestone in the competition between the two sides of the Atlantic.
What could be the reason for such a critical case to be deliberated for six years?
Is the current market share of Airbus a direct result of the allegedly disputed funding?
What would be the exact impact of that funding on the efficiency of Airbus family of aircraft?
Is it safe to assume that Airbus has been able to achieve the current status irrespective of the funding dispute?

Date: 02 July 2010 commenting on http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/