Boeing and Machinists End Strike

November 2, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Boeing, Military Aviation, commercial aviation, production program 

The Machinist Union ratified the new contract with Boeing yesterday. Excite News reports that the contract which settled an 8 week strike was approved by almost three quarters of the union members. The strike had slowed production of Boeing’s civil aircraft and there is no report of when full production rates will be re-achieved. Boeing has suffered lately with delays to their newest aircraft, the 787 Dreamliner. It also still continues to sell significant numbers of 737 and 777 aircraft. The largest military contract that Boeing desires is the KC-X tanker which would purchase 767 aircraft for that role, the contract remains in stasis as DoD waits for the next administration.

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Congress, the media and the KC-45 award

March 9, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics, production program 

I made the mistake of watching Lou Dobbs on CNN this Saturday who had a rant about the KC-45 award to Northrop Grumman and EADS. The only guest he had on was the head of the machinist union from Boeing who was obviously not unbiased. He had no guest from DoD or Northrop to talk about the award. It was clear that Mr. Dobbs does not understand how DoD buys things. Here is the video from Mr. Dobbs blog on this issue. Read more

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