Hacker News with Generative AI: Boeing

Boeing production in 2024 expected to be less than half of rival Airbus (theguardian.com)
Boeing is expected to confirm it made less than half of the aircraft of its rival Airbus in 2024, with analysts questioning whether the troubled US planemaker will be able to increase its rate of production as planned.

Aviation, Boeing, Airbus, Manufacturing, Competition

10 points by throwup238 5 days ago | 9 comments

Year 2024 ends on bad note for Boeing with twin 737-800 disasters on same day (telanganatoday.com)
Hyderabad: The year 2024 is shaping up to be a nightmare for Boeing.

Aviation, Boeing, Accidents, Disasters

12 points by _IIIIIIIIIII_ 20 days ago | 7 comments

AirCanada to transfer entire Boeing 737 MAX fleet to Rouge, favoring Airbus (aerotime.aero)
Air Canada has revealed plans to consolidate its fleet which will see its entire 41-strong fleet of Boeing 737 MAX single-aisle jets being transferred to Air Canada Rouge, the mainline carrier’s wholly-owned budget subsidiary.

Aviation, Airlines, Boeing, Airbus

7 points by BostonFern 30 days ago | 0 comments

Boeing busted by employee over plans to surveil workers, quickly reverses course (theregister.com)
Boeing has paused its efforts to install and use employee-monitoring sensors, including at its office in Everett, Washington, after media inquiries followed an employee's leak of the plans.

Employee Monitoring, Surveillance, Boeing, Labor Relations, Privacy

6 points by rntn 42 days ago | 0 comments

Court rejects Boeing plea deal stemming from 737 MAX crashes (text.npr.org)
A federal judge in Texas has rejected a proposed plea deal between Boeing and the U.S. Justice Department, saying the court should play a bigger role in selecting an independent monitor to oversee the company.

Law, Boeing, Justice Department, 737 MAX

14 points by BostonFern 43 days ago | 0 comments

US judge rejects Boeing 737 MAX accord over diversity policies (france24.com)
A US judge rejected a criminal settlement with Boeing over the 737 MAX crashes on Thursday, slamming diversity policies at the aviation giant and the Justice Department that made him "skeptical" of a fair outcome.

Legal Disputes, Boeing, Aviation, Diversity

7 points by thefounder 43 days ago | 2 comments

Boeing plea deal over Max crashes rejected by judge (cnn.com)

Boeing, Law, Aviation, Accidents

4 points by pseudolus 43 days ago | 0 comments

Boeing plea deal over fatal 737 MAX crashes rejected by judge (bloomberg.com)
A federal judge rejected Boeing Co.’s plea deal that sought to let the planemaker avoid criminal prosecution over to two fatal 737 Max crashes, in a surprise twist that threatens to prolong the company’s recovery from past scandals.

Law, Aviation, Business, Boeing, Justice

128 points by impish9208 43 days ago | 134 comments

Swiftair Boeing 737-400 crashes short of runway Vilnius Airport (aviation24.be)
Aviation24.be is following reports of a crashed Swiftair Boeing 737-400 (registered EC-MFE). The aircraft, operating for DHL, departed Leipzig Airport, Germany but crashed in a residential area short of the runway at Vilnius, Lithuania around 3:30 UTC.

Aviation, Accidents, Boeing, Lithuania, DHL

44 points by sva_ 54 days ago | 22 comments

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 64 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 74 days ago | 111 comments

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

Labor Unions, Boeing, Wages

11 points by throw0101d 74 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 74 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 78 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 82 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 85 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 85 days ago | 223 comments

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

Boeing, Aerospace, Business, Leadership, Change

60 points by belter 87 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 91 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 92 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 92 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 98 days ago | 0 comments

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

Boeing, Layoffs, Workforce, Business, Aviation

18 points by bluedino 98 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 98 days ago | 0 comments

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

Boeing, Layoffs, Aerospace, Business, Economy

8 points by impish9208 98 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 100 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 101 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 104 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 108 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 109 days ago | 0 comments