HawksWinHawksWinHawksWin!!! Airbus, Boeing and Embraer face production gaps of several years in three key product lines. Two of these, Boeing and Embraer, relate to transitions from current generation airplanes to new derivatives. Airbus faces a large gap for… Read More
Posted on February 3, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer
737 MAX, 737NG, 777 Classic, 777X, A320ceo, A320NEO, A330, A330 Regional, A330neo, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, E-Jet E1, E-Jet E2, Embraer
New CSeries EIS: Bombardier today announced a new delay in the entry-into-service of its CSeries, confirming what we reported Monday. BBD now says EIs will be in the “second half” of 2015, compared with the September 2014 planned… Read More
Posted on January 16, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Tom Wroblewski, president of IAM 751–the Boeing touch labor union in Puget Sound (WA)–announced last night he is retiring on January 31. The Seattle Times has the full story. In a nutshell, Wroblewski’s health blew up alongside the… Read More
Posted on January 15, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Here’s what to look for in 2014 in commercial aviation. Airbus A350 XWB: The high-profile A350 XWB program continues flight testing this year. Entry-into-service has been a sliding target. The program is running about 18 months behind original… Read More
Posted on January 12, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
air force tanker, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, GE Aviation, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Sukhoi, YAK
737 MAX, 747-8, 757, 767, 777 Classic, 777X, 787, A320NEO, A330, A330neo, A350, A380, A380RE, Airbus, ARJ21, Boeing, Bombardier, C919, CSeries, E-Jet, E-Jet E1, EJet E2, Embraer, GE Aviation, GEnx, Irkut, KC-46A, MC-21, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi MRJ, Q400, Rolls-Royce, SSJ100, Sukhoi, Superjet, Trent 1000-TEN, YAK, Yak-242
We really hoped we were done with this story, but the saga of the IAM 751 Boeing 777X contract vote lives on. Several complaints about the timing of the January 3 vote have been filed with the National… Read More
Posted on January 9, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
The members of the International Association of Machinists District 751, in a dramatic reversal of its November 13 landslide contract rejection, today approved a revised contract offer from Boeing by a vote of 51% to 49%. Approval means… Read More
Posted on January 3, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Vote results and IAM 751 statement are here. We’ll be at IAM 751’s headquarters tonight for the vote results. Follow us on Twitter @leehamnews for news throughout the evening from around 7pm. We’ll post results here when announced,… Read More
Posted on January 3, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
The New York Times has a good summary of the “optics” of the IAM-Boeing 777X situation. Two third of Readers in our on-line polling this week urged IAM 751 members to accept the Boeing contract offer that contains… Read More
Posted on January 3, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Looking ahead in 2014: We wrote this outlook for 2014 for CNN International Travel. More seats, more fees, quieter year. IAM 751 members vote Friday on the ‘777X contract.‘ Here is a letter dated December 27 from Boeing… Read More
Posted on January 1, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
We’re back from what we had planned as a holiday hiatus. This was interrupted by the IAM-Boeing 777X contract issue, of which we felt compelled to initiate some special posts. This leads off our 2013 Year in Review…. Read More
Posted on December 31, 2013 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists
737 MAX, 777X, 787, A350 XWB, Airbus, All Nippon Airways, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Dubai Air Show, Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airlines, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists, Japan Air Lines, Lufthansa Airlines, Qatar Airways