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Issues seen with Boeing Dreamliner giving passengers pause

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    Travel expert Mark Murphy weighs in

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-- lead in -- they clears the dreamliner average takeover eventually it will never it's passages -- ever able to get on with tonight.

Let's Clark appeared to -- fliers all their options we knew we were talking during the break there at about.

Let's that you're nervous about this is so you know I'm -- out that tomorrow.

I don't want to -- and one of these things because of just in its race -- any props.

Well number one -- not -- Vietnam one of them is a grounded indefinitely so we just don't know when and come back online I guess the question is when they come back allies on matter if it's matter of land.

When -- come back on line up a little bit of 150 of these have been 10 yeah and and there's a huge line huge list of border so that no one's cancer.

No no no no and and the benefits this is new technology it's a composite plane it's incredibly fuel efficient which is what everyone's been talking about you don't worry.

Now I think you've always had issues when you bring new technology out.

The challenge cheers it's interesting they actually went -- proactively grounded.

You know Japan airlines.

Needed that's that's -- that's really a first and out the FAA step and in those planes aren't gonna fly but when they do start flying you always have the choice of what equipment you want to book.

And if you have a profile -- into the local travel agent that you work with disabled 60% of the international air airline tickets if you have a profile -- then you can instruct them to book away from that aircraft.

-- what happens and that this is yeah number -- times -- -- -- the airport.

-- -- -- is having mechanical problems they rolled one in -- I don't know where sure but they wrote what it is out here on this and maybe so but you don't -- -- be that's right you also wanted to be upward.

Overnight right -- I mean yeah you just suck it up and golf right you widgets are -- I just go around -- -- right here I learned that -- not accurate I'm positive about -- No I think if you think about it I think the -- been flying from one of those -- say 67 years in terms of testing everything else now rolled out about a year ago 35 million.

I think -- million passengers and crazy number of passengers.

So yet this is an issue yet they have that we estimated like this to the degree -- -- I don't allotted to do tonight.

That so -- it will be rolled out so soon break.

It seemed like a lot of -- it's can disconcerting but it seems to be isolated base and all the reports to the batteries.

And that's it says there's nothing else -- we've seen not really I mean there's always it bothers.

Yeah I had my biggest concern be the batteries is lithium ion batteries have had issues with computers and everything else they've got to address that as a battery issue.

And that I think once they get that -- they can move on and people to feel comfortable flight if you're not comfortable.

Book away from a -- a 747 Boca triple seven current Airbus union Mark Murphy travel experiences edited book you wrote a prevalence -- for the lead.