An employee works in the cockpit of a Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft on a production line at the Boeing 737 aircraft factory in Renton, Washington, Nov. 18, 2021.
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boeingMore than 32,000 striking machinists must return to factories by Tuesday at the latest, but manufacturers said it would take weeks to get factories up and running again.
Boeing machinists last week approved a new contract that includes a 38% pay raise over four years and other improvements, ending a more than seven-week strike that halted production on most of Boeing’s aircraft production. They quit their jobs for the first time on September 13, rejecting an offer of a 25% raise.
The airline said Tuesday that it will take delivery of 14 jetliners in October amid the pandemic and in the final stages of the global grounding of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max following two fatal crashes. , announced that this is the lowest since November 2020. Nine of last month’s deliveries were 737 Max. A spokesperson said the deliveries were processed by workers who were not affected by the strike.
Boeing’s troubles have caused it to fall even further behind Airbus this year. The U.S. manufacturer has delivered 305 planes so far this year, compared to 559 for its European rivals.
Once employees return, Boeing will need to assess potential hazards, restate machinist duties and safety requirements, and ensure all training qualifications are up to date, the spokesperson said. said the person.
“It’s much harder to turn this on than it is to turn it off,” CEO Kelly Ortberg said during the company’s quarterly conference call last month. “So it’s extremely important that we get this right.”
The company is restarting production of its 737 Max, 767 and 777 programs and military aircraft in Washington and Oregon. Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is manufactured in a non-union factory in South Carolina, so production continued during the strike.
Despite the pause in strikes, Boeing continued to sell dozens of planes in October, with total orders for 63 planes, two fewer than September’s total. Of those, 40 are Avia Solutions Group’s 737 Max 8s. Additionally, 10 787 Dreamliners were delivered to LATAM Airlines.
