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- FAA’s data of accident, incidents, often not shared May 19, 2025
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 22. May 16, 2025
- Services are driving revenues and profits in difficult times, Part I May 15, 2025
- The BWB has a long way to go before flying passengers, freight May 12, 2025
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 21. May 9, 2025
Boeing reports mixed results of latest employee survey, but middle management and officers remain key obstacles
By Scott Hamilton April 22, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing released an employee survey last week about safety, culture, and related items. Some areas recorded improvements, while others recorded declines. But the survey data released did not address… Read More
Boeing faces three labor contracts expiring this year
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton March 10, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing endured a costly 53-day strike last fall by its largest and most powerful union, the IAM 751. The November settlement provided a 43% wage hike, added… Read More
Boeing strike post mortem: Ortberg has work to do
Teamsters contract expires in April 2025. IAM’s contract with Boeing’s defense unit follows in July. SPEEA engineering contract negotiations come up, too. Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Analysis Nov. 15, 2024, © Leeham News: Boeing CEO… Read More
Boeing, firefighters settle contract, ending lockout
By the Leeham News Team Analysis May 31, 2024, © Leeham News: Boeing firefighters on Thursday approved a new contract, ending a lockout by Boeing since May 1. Firefighters approved the new contract by a vote of 78%… Read More
Machinists want new Boeing contract ensuring work for decades to come
Subscription required By Dan Catchpole Updated 2:35 p.m., March 4, 2024 The IAM 741 began promoting a strike fund for 2024 Boeing contract negotiations in 2019. Source: IAM 751. March 1, 2024 © Leeham News: When representatives from Boeing… Read More
Instead of progress, Boeing must deal with new crisis of Alaska Flight 1282 on Wednesday’s earnings call
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton and Judson Rollins Jan. 29, 2024, © Leeham News: Twenty-twenty-four will be a crucial year for Boeing. A door plug blew off a Boeing 737-9 MAX Jan. 5. The company must deal with… Read More
Pontifications: LNA’s Top 10 stories of 2022
Dec. 26, 2022, © Leeham News: This year has been a year of recovery. Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Recovery from shortages in the supply chain, layoffs during the pandemic and from financial losses. Boeing continues to struggle… Read More
Boeing’s hiring spree points to progress toward Next Boeing Airplane
Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team May 30, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing is hiring again. Boeing’s hiring spree is aimed at replacing engineers, technicians, retirees and jobs lost in Russia and Ukraine. But an analysis also… Read More
Boeing, SPEEA and Union Reamalgamation
Editor’s Note: This is another in a series of articles examining the future of Boeing, its unions and Washington state. There first article appeared here. The second appeared here. Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Introduction Dec…. Read More
IAM warns members: Boeing is coming for concessions on 787 consolidation study
Aug. 22, 2020, © Leeham News: The president of Boeing’s touch labor union, IAM 751, is warning members that the company study about potentially consolidating 787 production in Charleston could lead to a request for new concessions from… Read More