Leeham News and Analysis
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Leeham News and Analysis
- Solid start for stand-alone GE Aerospace despite cuts to LEAP output April 23, 2024
- SPEEA, Boeing at impasse over safety program, union says April 23, 2024
- Better transparency needed on Boeing’s 1Q earnings call April 22, 2024
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 4. Propulsive efficiency April 19, 2024
- Boeing unlikely to meet FAA’s 90-day deadline for new safety program April 18, 2024
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
IAM Vote Results
6:25 PM PDT We’re here at IAM HQ; the first votes have arrived and are being sorted “I Accept” or “I Reject” the contract offer. We’ll eyeball bestr we can and report throughout the evening. 6:35 PM PDT:… Read More
ILFC gets $5.7bn in financing
Mega-lessor International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) obtained a $5.7 billion commercial paper financing via the Federal Reserve Bank Commercial Paper Funding Facility. This just goes to show what government ownership can do for you, after all. ILFC, of… Read More
IAM Vote Saturday
The IAM vote on the Boeing contract offer is Nov. 1, with results expected by around 8 PM PDT. We’ll be on scene and anticipate updating throughout the vote count from about 6:30. We think there is a… Read More
Vote ‘Yes’ on IAM contract; SPEEA talks begin
The IAM union at Boeing votes Saturday (Nov. 1) on the revised contract offer presented by Boeing. It’s time to vote ‘yes,’ and get the union members back to work, production lines going again and Boeing customers their… Read More
Assessing the settlement
Update, October 30: Seattle post-Intelligencer: Bill Virgin, an astute business columnist, opines on who won and who lost in the strike settlement. Update, 5:00 PM: Here is a 17 minute podcast about the settlement with Richard Aboulafia, Scott… Read More
Details of IAM-Boeing settlement
October 28: STATEMENT FROM DBR TOM WROBLEWSKI: This synopsis reflects the highlights of the issues that you identified: job security, wages, pension and health care. This is just a summary of some highlights, we will be providing additional… Read More
Breaking News: Tentative Deal, IAM-Boeing
8:00 PM PDT Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Aerospace writer James Wallace has one of the first, comprehensive reports following the tentative settlement between the IAM and Boeing. Bloomberg News has this report. 9:00 PD PDT: So where do things go… Read More
Obama considers dual tanker buy
The US Air Force AIM online newsletter reported October 24 that presidential candidate Barack Obama is considering a dual tanker purchase. The article is here. The same publication has another story quoting a retired general as saying delaying… Read More
Week 8: IAM-Boeing strike
October 27: SPEEA, the engineers union at Boeing, starts its table negotiations tomorrow. Michele Dunlop of The Everett Herald has a good summary of the issues. At the moment, things look rather bleak and a strike by SPEEA… Read More