Hacker News with Generative AI: Boeing

Boeing issues layoff notices as aerospace giant cuts 17,000 jobs (foxbusiness.com)
Boeing said it is issuing layoff notices to employees who are included in the aerospace giant's broader workforce reduction plan.

Boeing, Layoffs, Aerospace, Business, Workforce Reduction

4 points by tomohawk 6 days ago | 1 comments

Boeing ends crippling strike as workers accept latest offer (bloomberg.com)
Boeing Co. workers voted to accept a new labor contract and end a strike that’s crippled jetliner production for 53 days, clearing a major obstacle for the US planemaker to restore its operations and finances.

Boeing, Labor, Strikes, Aviation, Business

57 points by toomuchtodo 16 days ago | 111 comments

Boeing machinists end strike with 38% wage increases (cnbc.com)

Labor Unions, Boeing, Wages

11 points by throw0101d 16 days ago | 0 comments

Boeing factory workers vote to accept contract and end more than 7-week strike (apnews.com)

Boeing, Labor Unions, Strikes, Manufacturing, Business

12 points by blackeyeblitzar 16 days ago | 1 comments

Boeing dismantles diversity department, Bloomberg News reports (nbcnews.com)
Boeing has dismantled its global diversity, equity and inclusion department, Bloomberg news reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Boeing, Business, Layoffs

7 points by caonidaye 20 days ago | 0 comments

Are Boeing's problems beyond fixable? (arstechnica.com)
As Boeing’s latest chief executive, Kelly Ortberg’s job was never going to be easy. On Wednesday, it got harder still.

Aviation, Business, Boeing, Safety

3 points by lisper 24 days ago | 0 comments

Striking Boeing workers reject 35% pay rise offer (bbc.com)
Striking Boeing workers have rejected a new offer from the plane-making giant, which included a 35% pay rise over four years.

Labor Unions, Boeing, Aerospace, Strikes, Negotiations

24 points by sensanaty 27 days ago | 51 comments

Boeing 787s must be reset every 51 days or 'misleading data' is shown (2020) (theregister.com)
The US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered Boeing 787 operators to switch their aircraft off and on every 51 days to prevent what it called "several potentially catastrophic failure scenarios" – including the crashing of onboard network switches.

Aviation, Safety, Boeing, Technology, Regulation

205 points by jakey_bakey 28 days ago | 223 comments

Boeing CEO says the company must fundamentally change (cnn.com)

Boeing, Aerospace, Business, Leadership, Change

60 points by belter 29 days ago | 160 comments

NASA drops Boeing Starliner from upcoming missions (jalopnik.com)
The ramifications of the problematic Boeing Crew Test Flight are becoming clear a month after the Starliner returned to Earth empty. NASA announced on Tuesday that its 2025 Commercial Crew Program missions will exclusively use SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Space Exploration, NASA, SpaceX, Boeing

51 points by bookofjoe 33 days ago | 2 comments

NASA freezes Starliner missions (gizmodo.com)
In light of Starliner’s test flight that left its crew stranded in space, NASA will use SpaceX’s Dragon for the upcoming crewed flights to the International Space Station (ISS) while the space agency decides what to do with Boeing’s troubled spacecraft.

Space Exploration, NASA, SpaceX, Boeing

271 points by rntn 35 days ago | 314 comments

Boeing's Breakup Is Not If, but How and When (aviationweek.com)
Boeing’s notification Oct. 15 that it could raise up to $25 billion in fresh funds by selling stock or debt, as well as a new, second $10 billion credit line from major investment banks, can be read many ways.

Boeing, Finance, Business, Aviation

6 points by hindsightbias 35 days ago | 0 comments

Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs, or 10% of its global workforce (ctvnews.ca)
Boeing will cut 17,000 jobs -- 10 per cent of its global workforce -- delay first deliveries of its 777X jet by a year and record US$5 billion in losses in the third quarter, as the U.S. planemaker continues to spiral during a month-long strike.

Boeing, Layoffs, Aviation, Business, Labor

15 points by thunderbong 40 days ago | 0 comments

Boeing to lay off roughly 10% of workforce (cnn.com)

Boeing, Layoffs, Workforce, Business, Aviation

18 points by bluedino 40 days ago | 7 comments

Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs as losses deepen during factory strike (cnbc.com)

Boeing, Layoffs, Aerospace, Labor, Economy

7 points by jarsin 40 days ago | 0 comments

Boeing to Cut 10% of Workers, Delay New Plane (wsj.com)

Boeing, Layoffs, Aerospace, Business, Economy

8 points by impish9208 41 days ago | 0 comments

Months Before Ethiopian 737 Crash, Boeing Turned Aside Carrier's Questions (nytimes.com)
Months Before Ethiopian Crash, Boeing Turned Aside Carrier’s Questions

Aviation, Boeing, Ethiopia, Accidents, Safety

7 points by whycome 42 days ago | 1 comments

Boeing at Risk of Junk Rating with S&P Amid Strike (bloomberg.com)
S&P Global Ratings is weighing downgrading Boeing Co.’s credit score to junk as the company continues to suffer from the fallout of a protracted labor strike.

Finance, Boeing, Labor Strikes

26 points by JumpCrisscross 44 days ago | 8 comments

Boeing is a cautionary tale about current American manufacturing (marketplace.org)
Nearly two decades ago, Miles Arnone worked at an investment firm trying to rehabilitate troubled companies.

Boeing, Manufacturing, Business, Economics, United States

9 points by toomuchtodo 46 days ago | 3 comments

Boeing Revokes Health Benefits for Striking Workers (commondreams.org)
Boeing revoked the company-sponsored healthcare benefits of about 33,000 striking workers starting Tuesday, drawing condemnation from progressives, who said it showed the need for a universal healthcare system in the United States.

Boeing, Labor Unions, Healthcare, Strikes

31 points by speckx 50 days ago | 25 comments

Urgent Boeing safety issue not taken seriously by the FAA, key regulator says (cnn.com)

Aviation Safety, Boeing, FAA, Regulation

4 points by howard941 51 days ago | 0 comments

NTSB issues 'urgent' safety warning for some Boeing 737s, including MAX (cnn.com)

Aviation, Safety, Boeing, 737

6 points by simjue 53 days ago | 1 comments

NTSB Issues Urgent Safety Recommendations on Boeing 737 Rudder System (ntsb.gov:443)
The National Transportation Safety Board Thursday issued urgent safety recommendations to The Boeing Company and the Federal Aviation Administration in response to the potential for a jammed or restricted rudder control system on some 737 airplanes.

Aviation Safety, Boeing, NTSB, 737

41 points by danboarder 53 days ago | 29 comments

NTSB Issues Urgent Safety Recommendations on Boeing 737 Rudder System (ntsb.gov:443)
The National Transportation Safety Board Thursday issued urgent safety recommendations to The Boeing Company and the Federal Aviation Administration in response to the potential for a jammed or restricted rudder control system on some 737 airplanes.

Aviation Safety, Boeing, 737, NTSB, FAA

12 points by surfingdino 55 days ago | 2 comments

Boeing Starliner astronauts speak out after capsule leaves without them (apnews.com)
Stuck-in-space astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Friday it’s been tough dealing with their Boeing ride leaving without them and the prospect of spending several extra months in orbit.

Space Travel, Boeing, NASA

11 points by howard941 69 days ago | 0 comments

The future of Boeing's crewed spaceflight program muddy after Starliner's return (arstechnica.com)
Nearly a decade ago to the day, I stood in the international terminal of Houston's main airport checking my phone.

Spaceflight, Boeing, Aerospace, NASA, Competition

38 points by rbanffy 70 days ago | 47 comments

Boeing Starliner capsule lands back on Earth (space.com)

Spaceflight, Boeing, Starliner

4 points by taubek 75 days ago | 0 comments

Boeing Starliner, leaving its crew behind, lands in New Mexico (cbsnews.com)

Space Travel, Boeing, New Mexico

80 points by clessg 75 days ago | 75 comments

Stranded astronauts' capsule heads home without them (bbc.co.uk)
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has completed its journey back to Earth - but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying remain behind on the International Space Station.

Space Travel, NASA, Boeing

60 points by EwanToo 75 days ago | 59 comments

After another Boeing letdown, NASA isn't ready to buy more Starliner missions (arstechnica.com)
NASA is ready for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, stricken with thruster problems and helium leaks, to leave the International Space Station as soon as Friday, wrapping up a disappointing test flight that has clouded the long-term future of the Starliner program.

Space Exploration, Boeing, NASA, Starliner

6 points by croes 76 days ago | 0 comments