RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Swiss CSeries Diverted to Zurich this MorningTo clarify, my point was the issue, is not inherent to the design, although still part of the product.
glasshalfful wrote: " it's a vendor supplied part"
I get the gist/jist of what you are saying, but the bottom line, Swiss bought the plane from Bombardier, not the 'vendor'. Bombardier has complete responsibility for the overall reliability of the entire aircraft. There is a nasty tendancy I have seen within Bombardier and (some of) its ardent supporters to quickly throw the proverbial ball 'back over the wall' when issues arise at the LRU/LLRU/core/UTEX level. In the worst case scenario, they even attempt to blame sister plants (MX as in Toronto Streetcars) in similar manners. It speaks to some real (lack of) ownership of quality at the highest levels. Clearly some of the past/current sourcing issues at BBD as a whole are the result of being cash strapped - or just plain bad decision making.
Imagine your brand new BMW having issues and BMW blames it on Magna, or Bosch, or any other supplier ...
The ONLY get out of jail card for any OEM, including Bombardier, in such scenario's is when the item was customer specified and was not the production pick or source as wished by the OE. In such cases, any issues related to warranty or reliability, contractual responsiblity should be assumed by the customer for overriding the OE desired configuration.
There are sometimes glimmers of 'hope', ie recent reports of some components being resourced through Belfast to improve quality - before any issues arise we are to presume. Lets hope such ownership of quality is becoming 'cultural' under AB.
The Bomber still has a ways to go and the signs appear to be improving - so I'm long.