Boeing will have to hold a seat recall of 787 in the next three years to comply with an FAA measure.In the same document the federal American aviation agency cited a case that occurred with an aircraft commander in his seat let the horizontal adjustment knob and caused the change of position when he was performing the landing procedure.
Each replacement and upgrading of seats will cost around US $ 15,141 and should be made within three years by companies and the manufacturer. An investigation by the FAA indicated a design error in the seats for pilots, according to the document from the FAA "The clutch pin can become loose, turn and force the separation of the clutch plate, resulting in a release of the seat can be stepped or not. "
In addition to the seats that have replaced within 3 years, the FAA required operators to analyze the seats of the crew every 1000 flight hours. The replacement can cost US $ 30,282 and requires two hours with aircraft on the ground.
