Leeham News and Analysis
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Leeham News and Analysis
- The Boeing 767 Cross Section, Part 1 November 24, 2022
- Movie Review: Devotion November 21, 2022
- China will accelerate development of its commercial aerospace sector November 21, 2022
- Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 46. eVTOL comparison with helicopter November 18, 2022
- The economics of a 787-9 and A330-900 at eight or nine abreast November 16, 2022
It’s South Carolina
Note: be sure to check below the jump regularly as reaction comes in and is posted below. We have now posted reactions from SPEEA, Snohomish County and IAM 751. We also have Boeing’s internal message to employees. Update,… Read More
787 Line 2 Update, Oct. 28
Update, 11:30 AM PDT: The Boeing Board of Directors is to make the decision on siting Line 2 today or tomorrow–we have somewhat conflicting information. We’re trying for some clarification. Original Post: A flurry of activity erupted last… Read More
Freudian slip?
We’ll see how long it takes for this to get corrected. The headline is “Former Boeing CEO McNerney named to IBM board.”
Boeing gains STC on Italian KC-767
Let’s take a break from the Line 2 drama: Boeing issued this news internally about the KC-767 International (Italian) tanker program today: Boeing’s International Tanker Program on Sept. 23 completed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification requirements for Italy’s… Read More
787 Line 2: Countdown to Decision; Opportunities on Both Sides
It’s Monday, October 26, and the final countdown to a decision on where to put Boeing’s 787 Line 2 assembly site may come as early as this week. We understand the Boeing Board of Directors meets today or… Read More
IAM may well “blow it” over 787 Line 2
With an historic opportunity to engage in a radical shift of labor relations with The Boeing Co., the International Association of Machinists may well make an historical decision that will “blow it.” As anyone in aviation who is… Read More
SPEEA: We’ll organize Charleston engineers
If Boeing decides to put the second 787 line in Charleston, isolating this work from SPEEA engineers in Puget Sound, SPEEA told this column it will immediately begin an organizing effort of engineers hired in or transferred to… Read More
Line 2 talks deadlocked: SEA Times
Dominic Gates at The Seattle Times has a story that’s important to Washington State and South Carolina: talks between Boeing and the IAM are deadlocked, he writes. Boeing wants a 10-year, no-strike contract in exchange for putting Line… Read More
United nearing decision on refleeting
Update, November 12: We’ve learned United is splitting the wide-body and narrow-body RFPs into two, now planning to make two purchases instead of one. The wide-body order will come first. Boeing has recently become aggressive with 787 offers… Read More
Boeing posts big 3Q09 loss
Here is a link to the press release. The earnings call is at 10:30am EDT today. The results were no particular surprise, as the $1bn charge for the 747-8 program and $2.5bn write off on the 787 were… Read More