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Representatives from Boeing Co. and the machinists union met with a federal mediator Thursday as the clock ticked on an unusual two-day contract extension after union production workers soundly rejected a contract offer and voted to strike.
Boeing on Thursday faced a strike by its largest labor union in two days if last-ditch contract talks fail, further delaying the US firm's first new plane in more than a decade, the 787 Dreamliner.
U.S. regulators will tell airlines to quickly make changes aimed at preventing ice from building up in fuel lines of Boeing 777s, which British investigators said Thursday probably caused one of the jets to make a jarring emergency landing last January in London.
Negotiators for Boeing and the machinists union have until midnight PT to avert a strike that could cost Boeing $3 billion a month and put added pressure on the U.S. economy.
Less than a day after voting to strike, Boeing workers expressed frustration and anger on Thursday at the decision by union leaders to postpone a walkout and negotiate further with the company.
The decision spares Boeing, at least temporarily, from further delays in the development of its new aircraft, the 787. But the pressure is on to meet the union's demand for better wages, pensions and job security.
Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Qantas Airways Ltd. , Australia's largest airline, canceled a flight from Melbourne to Sydney today after fumes were detected inside the cabin and flight deck when the engines were started.
A Qantas Airways flight between two Australian cities was canceled Friday after fumes were detected on board, while passengers on another Qantas flight found themselves stranded overnight because of damage to their plane's wing.
Boeing headed back to federally mediated contract talks Thursday after its largest labor union gave it 48 hours to improve its offer or face a strike that could delay its 787 Dreamliner project.
Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Finnair Oyj , Finland's biggest airline, is asking employees to accept a cut or a freeze in their wages as the carrier faces higher fuel costs and weaker demand.
Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. 777 pilots will be told to rev up their engines before landing to clear ice from fuel lines after frozen kerosene was found to have caused the crash- landing of a British Airways Plc jet in January.
Boeing Co faces a walkout by 27,000 workers on Friday after members of its largest labor union rejected the planemaker's contract offer and voted to strike unless a compromise is reached in time.
Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. and its largest union planned to go back to the table today to try to avoid a Sept. 6 strike that would shut down production at the world's No. 2 planemaker and could further delay the 787 Dreamliner.
American Airlines has sent notices to 469 employees at airports in five U.S. cities that they may lose their jobs in November as the airline continues to cut back on flights.
Boeing Co. will serve as consultant to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for its mid-sized regional jet — the first "made in Japan" passenger aircraft in three decades, the Japanese machinery maker said Thursday.
Boeing Co's largest labor union said its members had rejected the plane maker's contract offer and voted to strike, but the union agreed to postpone a walkout for 48 hours to allow more time for negotiations.
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