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A new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, built for American Airlines, is seen moving along the runway at Paine Field in Everett, Washington in November 2020. The 787 final assembly facility is just across the street from Paine Field. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times/TNS)
Boeing on edge as a shrunken commercial jet industry limps into 2021
Boeing faces 2021 in bad shape, its reputation tarnished and its commercial jet business shrunken – yet with a glimmer of hope for a turnaround after its bleakest year in many decades.
At this pivot point, the commercial airplane workforce in the Pacific Northwest is on edge. Ray Goforth, executive director of the engineering union, says employees feel “a sense of frustration and precariousness.”
Boeing on edge as shrunken jet industry limps into 2021 [The Seattle Times :: BC-BOEING-LOOKAHEAD-EEDITION:MCT]
Boeing faces 2021 in bad shape, its reputation tarnished and its commercial jet business shrunken yet with a glimmer of hope for a turnaround after its bleakest year in many decades.
At this pivot point, the commercial airplane workforce in the Pacific Northwest is on edge. Ray Goforth, executive director of the engineering union, says employees feel “a sense of frustration and precariousness.”
Laid low first by the 737 Max crashes and then by the dramatic pandemic downturn, the U.S. commercial jet champion has this year been piling up debt and bleeding cash. It had to sharply reduce production and slashed about 13,000 jobs in the state.
Boeing on edge as a shrunken commercial jet industry limps into 2021 [The Seattle Times :: BC-BOEING-COMMERCIAL:SE]
Boeing faces 2021 in bad shape, its reputation tarnished and its commercial jet business shrunken yet with a glimmer of hope for a turnaround after its bleakest year in many decades.
At this pivot point, the commercial airplane workforce in the Pacific Northwest is on edge. Ray Goforth, executive director of the engineering union, says employees feel “a sense of frustration and precariousness.”
Laid low first by the 737 Max crashes and then by the dramatic pandemic downturn, the U.S. commercial jet champion has this year been piling up debt and bleeding cash. It had to sharply reduce production and slashed about 13,000 jobs in the state.