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The 777: The Art Form at Its Peak
Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Part 4 in a Series examining one of Boeing’s steps toward recovery. May 14, 2026, © Leeham News: If there is a single moment in Boeing’s history when the pre-production change… Read More
Part 2: Solving Workforce shortages: Bumping Along or Soaring?
By Kathryn B. Creedy Analysis May 6, 2026, © Leeham News: The history of workforce issues is long–40 years–and dozens of efforts have attempted to address workforce shortages as we’ve bumped along, complaining about the problem and waiting… Read More
Resources: This is Your Industry Speaking: By the Numbers: Workforce Shortfalls
May 6, 2026, (c) Leeham News: The following reports from Boeing, CAE, Oliver Wyman, Deloitte, PwC, and McKinsey provide much of the detail in our two-part series on the Aerospace and Defense Workforce. In addition, these reports may be… Read More
Boeing’s Long Arc from Disciplined Rework to Distributed Chaos
Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Part 1 of a five part series about Boeing’s path to recovery. May 4, 2026, © Leeham News: From a 30-airplane cockpit rework crisis on the 767 to a supplier-driven configuration… Read More
Who Controls the Movement of the Aircraft?
By R. Michael Baiada ATH Group, Inc. Special to Leeham News March 31, 2026, © Leeham News: “We’ll tell you where we want you to be in three dimensions…and we’ll tell you where we want you to be… Read More
Alternative energy companies certification seen in two years
By Scott Hamilton Dec. 16, 2025, © Leeham News, Washington (DC): A former acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration predicts that alternative technology aircraft will be plying the US skies in two years. Billy Nolen was acting… Read More
Boeing’s “hangover” of the MAX is over, says former acting FAA administrator who dealt with crisis
By Scott Hamilton Dec. 3, 2025, © Leeham News, Washington (DC): Boeing’s “hangover” and PTSD (post-traumatic stress syndrome) following the 737 MAX crisis of 2019 and beyond is over, says the former acting administrator of the Federal Aviation… Read More
UPS MD-11F crash, theft of trade secrets lawsuit impacts on cargo market
By Scott Hamilton Nov. 11, 2025, © Leeham News: The Nov. 7 UPS MD-11F crash and a new trade theft secret lawsuit are likely to impact the air freighter new sales and conversion markets. Boeing recommended grounding MD-11Fs… Read More
FAA begins to ease restrictions on Boeing
Subscription Required Part 2 of 2 By Scott Hamilton Oct. 06, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing is making progress toward its recovery from six years of back-to-back-to-back crises, but slow certification of three airplane derivatives has been a… Read More