By the way, this solution has already been designed and is being installed now at Global Aeronautica in South Carolina. It will be installed on completed fuselage sections in Italy and here in Everett.
This issue would not have caused a delay in first flight, and did not appear on any of the first seven fuselage units, which include the first five flight-test airplanes, as well as the static and fatigue-test airplanes.
ボーイングの中の人の見解 (スコア:3, 参考になる)
ボーイングの中の人(vice president, marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes)のこの問題に関する見解。
http://boeingblogs.com/randy/archives/2009/08/787_alenia.html [boeingblogs.com]
今回の「シワ」の問題はそれ程深刻では無いようですね。それよりも、先の翼と胴体の接続部の強度問題がどうなるかでしょうね。いまだ、日程のアナウンスもありませんし。