https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-20/boeing-predicts-massive-cash-drain-as-jan-5-accident-takes-toll
During layoffs
Do managers get laid off or do they go back to their toolbox? How do they decide which manager gets laid off? Will DEI be a factor? Nepotism?
Boeing Defense is Now for Sale
Boeing must be readying for some more big executive severance packages. Not like Boeing has funded new airplane development or even R&D in many years. Or anything to actually improve quality and safety... — read more
Frontline PBS Show…
737 Max Doors fall off Wheels fall off Software issues What next, the wings? Think I will drive or take the train.
No way out, business restructure
Business contracts, including supplier agreements, employee contracts, and customer agreements, might need revisiting during a restructure. It’s crucial to assess any potential breaches or necessary modifications to fulfil contractual commitments. — read more
Boeing "Overwrote" Camera Footage
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/boeing-lost-video-footage-showing-work-max-jet-door-blowout-ntsb-rcna143241
Breakup coming? FTC chief blasts Boeing
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ftc-chief-blasts-boeing-for-monopolization-says-company-has-become-too-big-to-fail-61db6d79
Boeing’s woes continue as 50 injured on Australia-New Zealand flight
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/11/50-people-injured-by-strong-movement-on-boeing-787-9-dreamliner
Boeing whistleblower's lawyer casts doubt on if he actually kiĺĺed himself
https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-dead-latest-404840-20240312 Boeing whistleblower's lawyer casts doubt on if he actually kiĺĺed himself John Barnett had been working for Boeing for over three decades, before... — read more
Exactly
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BGS Layoffs Today
Nothing known other than email from BGS leadership of layoffs to occur today, and more globally as employment laws and notifications required.
Everyone here blaming Boeing management...
As a member of the public, you are all contributors to Boeing's impending downfall if you have in any way contributed to the production processes of Boeing over the last 10+ years. The blame does not just sit on the shoulders of a few upper managers... — read more
United Airlines CEO says airline will consider alternatives to Boeing's next plane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=TO8kTm24Sdw
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett is found dead in his truck outside a South Carolina Hotel
Hmmm ???? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13185019/Boeing-whistleblower-josh-barnett-dead-south-carolina.html#
BOEING ADMITS "We NEVER Had Safety Records!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_XxnteztMk
So the Union wants 40% raise in the next contract. Ha! Goodluck!
Boeing Union IAM, to negotiate a 40% raise in the next contract. Will this generation of workers Strike? A lot of these kids are already saying they would scab because they can’t afford to strike lol
New Boeing Quality/Safety Bonus Plan
More Boeing smoke and mirrors for PR spin, FAA appeasement and ultimately to save stock price...which is truly the only safety issue Boeing leadership cares about. And while one can quantify safety by counting smoking holes, one can't quantify... — read more
Japan-bound United flight lands in L.A. after losing wheel during takeoff
A Boeing aircraft operated by United Airlines made an abrupt landing at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday afternoon after losing a tire following takeoff, a United Airlines spokesperson told The Washington Post. Flight UAL35 took off... — read more
Jammed 737Max Rudder Pedals
These obsolete airplanes still literally use long cables and pulleys to control their aerodynamic control surfaces. These cable/pulley systems need to be carefully rigged and well-maintained to work properly. I suspect given the lack of quality... — read more
We are a cautionary tale
I was scrolling through the latest posts and I ran into this: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1roLk6WA It's funny how we've become the boogeyman of the business world. "Be careful what you're doing or you're going to end up like Boeing!" If it wasn't... — read more
https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/updates-boeing-737-9-max-aircraft
Also passengers on the Alaskan Airlines flight from which the door fell off have filed lawsuits up to a billion dollars. https://www.kpax.com/passengers-file-1-billion-lawsuit-against-alaska-airlines-boeing
4 years later Boeing is still business!
I thought we're going down with the MAX... Guess NOT??!!
737 Max Boycott
Can't really fault them given the obvious Boeing and FAA corruption. https://www.cnn.com/travel/boeing-737-max-passenger-boycott/index.html
Boeing Leadership Center Being Sold
I thought that Boeing had already sold all the real estate they possibly could for executive severance packages but I had forgotten about this... — read more
Fox in Charge of the Chicken House?
So Boeing is looking to buy Spirit Aerospace. They can't control their "own" factories production and quality. And another thing, move "all" production (and management) back to Seattle where people know how to build commercial aircraft like they have... — read more
boeing gets 90 day ultimatum from FAA
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-28/boeing-gets-90-day-ultimatum-from-faa-to-fix-its-safety-culture?fbclid=IwAR22Zfju0ihLxpRCeSCCwFWpMTmG-cGKwrcmO42p_8LZZXYDM-oMs2FI6qw
BDS is not a good investment
I believe Boeing would like to spin off BDS, the way they spun off Wichita to Onyx, which became spirit aerosystems. Onyx was composed of a bunch of Canadian pension investors. Wichita was a much more stable investment. When the F18 finishes... — read more
IT&DA All Hands Webcast
“Workforce reduction” They said the words! Also they are just hoping that employees RTO instead of mandating it. Leadership is scared to make a decision either way.
Even Boeing leadership has accepted the reality that Boeing does NOT have a future!
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-22/richard-aboulafia-on-troubles-at-boeing-i-ve-never-seen-anything-like-it
Let The Engineers Lead: America Needs Boeing To Be Great
“So, what went wrong? Boeing’s downfall began with its merger with the failing McDonnell Douglas, one forced on it by the US government as part of the 1990s consolidation of the defense industrial base. Boeing was a company run by engineers... — read more