Feds Weigh Boeing’s Bid To Return 787 to Service
United Airlines flight schedules show no 787 service until May 12. (Photo: Boeing)
United Airlines flight schedules show no 787 service until May 12. (Photo: Boeing)

The effort toward returning the Boeing 787 to service enters a new phase this week as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration digests a formal proposal issued last Friday during what the manufacturer characterized as a productive meeting between BCA president and CEO Ray Conner and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta. Neither Boeing nor the FAA would comment on the substance of the proposal, widely believed to center on a modification of the airplane’s lithium-ion batteries meant to prevent fire from spreading from one cell to another.