Leeham News and Analysis
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Leeham News and Analysis
- Boeing unlikely to meet FAA’s 90-day deadline for new safety program April 18, 2024
- Focus on quality not slowing innovation, says GKN April 18, 2024
- Boeing defends 787, 777 against whistleblower charges April 17, 2024
- Dissecting Boeing CEO’s statement next new airplane will cost $50bn April 15, 2024
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 3. Propulsive efficiency April 12, 2024
747-8 delayed by 9 months
Boeing just announced what we were the first to predict nearly a year ago: flight testing and delivery of the 747-8 will be delayed. The press release is here. Boeing announced a nine month-long delay, in part due… Read More
SPEEA strike authorization vote set
Negotiations between Boeing and SPEEA appear to have taken a discouraging turn. SPEEA scheduled a strike authorization vote by the Council (SPEEA’s parliament) to authorize a strike vote by the membership. The strike vote of the general membership… Read More
SPEEA negotiations update
Update, November 11: We’re cautiously optimistic a settlement will be reached without a strike. Original Post: A strike authorization vote by SPEEA members is scheduled for tomorrow in the contract negotiations with Boeing, but it’s likely to be… Read More
767 sales keep line alive for tanker
Boeing last week announced an order for four more 767s (in this case, -300ERs) that help keep the line alive pending a new competition for the USAF aerial tanker. Boeing previously booked an order for nine 767s for… Read More
Were they at the same meetings?
Boeing and SPEEA have two very different views of the progress of the bargaining to date and contract offer that was presented by Boeing to the engineers’ union Thursday. The SPEEA contract expires December 1. Many of the… Read More
Airbus, Boeing news from around the world
Update, November 6: 2:40 PM PST: Boeing is to make its contract offer to SPEEA today, with plans to conclude talks next week. Armed Forces Journal: We wrote this article for this magazine’s November issue taking a look… Read More
Corporate website updated wk 11/4
In our bi-weekly update at our Corporate website, we take a look at the challenges Boeing has now that the IAM strike is settled. We also identify the company that is the largest customer of 7-Series airplanes and… Read More
Bad news for Northrop?
With Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha (D-Foot-in-Mouth) suddenly in danger of defeat in Tuesday’s election after calling his constituents racist and rednecks, Norm Dicks (D-Boeing/Washington) is in line to succeed Murtha as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. This… Read More
Good News, Bad News for Boeing
The good news is that the IAM strike is over and the union members are starting to return to work (all of them have to be back by November 10). The bad news is that two analysts take… Read More
Back to the Tanker: Price Competition
A new strategy for the competition to award an Air Force contract for the aerial tanker might be a compromise for the next president, according to this article. A sidebar to the home page has the following item,… Read More