An employee works in the cockpit of a Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft at the Boeing 737 plant in Renton, Washington, on November 18, 2021.
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boeing companyThe manufacturer said the more than 32,000 machinists on strike must return to the factory by Tuesday, but it will take weeks to get the plant back up and running.
Boeing machinists last week approved a new contract that includes a 38% pay increase over four years and other improvements, ending a more than seven-week strike that halted production of most of Boeing’s planes. They first resigned on September 13, rejecting a 25% salary increase.
The company said on Tuesday it delivered 14 jetliners in October, the fewest since November 2020, during the height of the pandemic and the worldwide grounding of the Boeing 737 Max due to two deadly crashes. end. Nine of the aircraft delivered last month were 737 Max. A spokesman said delivery procedures were carried out by workers not affected by the strike.
As workers return, Boeing must assess potential hazards, reiterate machinists’ responsibilities and safety requirements and ensure all training qualifications are valid, the spokesman said.
“It’s much harder to turn it on than it is to turn it off,” Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg said on the company’s quarterly conference call last month. “So it’s absolutely critical that we do this right.”
The company is resuming production of the 737 Max, 767 and 777 programs and their military versions in Washington state and Oregon. Production of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner continues during the strike because the planes are built at a non-union factory in South Carolina.
Despite the pause in strikes, Boeing continued to sell dozens of planes in October, with total orders for 63 aircraft, two less than September’s total. 40 of them are Avia Solutions Group’s 737 Max 8. It also handed over 10 787 Dreamliners to LATAM Airlines.
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