Boeing has told UK carrier Thomson Airways that its first Boeing 787 will be delayed, although the new timeline for deliveries remains unclear. (atwonline.com) More...
Really the issues have been pretty restricted to battery issues (and a lil' splashy-splashy with the fuel once). Do you think the whole aircraft ought to be viewed as a failure when so many other aspects of it have performed so well?
How would you like to be the one from Boeing to pull out the list of customers and start calling them one by one.......You don't have to have an in flight emergency to have "pucker factor."