Boeing and the International Association of Machinists union appear far apart and unwilling to compromise to settle a strike, both sides indicate as the strike enters its second month. With a strike by Boeing machinists idling some 27,000 workers since early September, the company looks set for serious delivery delays to an already stretched production schedule. Protracted strike action will have a serious effect on delivery of Boeing’s record backlog. As of 31 July it had 3,695 … [Read more...] about Americas: Boeing production still idle from ongoing strike
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Boeing Commercial Airplanes VPMarketing Randy Tinseth told reporters in Tokyo that “frankly we do not know when the [machinists] strike will end” and that the manufacturer will have to “reassess our production, deliveries and program schedule for the 787 at that time.” Launch customer ANA said last week that it had “reached an agreement with Boeing” on a new 787 delivery schedule that would see its fi rstDreamliner arrive next August. … [Read more...] about Boeing
