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Boeings key supplier Spirit AeroSystems is limiting overtime and hiring as production declines due to lower output of 737 MAX jets, Spirit told Reuters on Friday.... -April 12, 2024 at 03:48 pm EDT - MarketScreener

Boeing’s MAX jetliner production has fallen sharply in recent weeks as U.S. regulators step up factory checks and workers slow the assembly line outside Seattle to complete outstanding work

By Allison Lampert (Reuters) -Boeings key supplier Spirit AeroSystems is limiting overtime and hiring as production declines due to lower output of 737 ...

By Allison Lampert (Reuters) - Boeing's key supplier Spirit AeroSystems is limiting overtime and hiring as production declines due to lower output of 737 MAX jets, Spirit told Reuters on Friday. Boeing's MAX jetliner production has fallen sharply i...

So said Cornell Beard, the president of a union chapter representing Wichita factory workers for Spirit AeroSystems, according to The Wall Street Journal. Spirit makes fuselages for Boeing’s 737 Max planes, and according to people the Journal interviewed, the company overworks its employees and ignores safety issues — a problem that may have led to the Alaska Airlines mishap that saw a hole blown in a mid-flight plane earlier this month.

"Long before the harrowing Alaska Airlines blowout on January 5, there were concerns within Boeing about the way the aerospace giant was building its planes," reports the Wall Street Journal. Theres been issues with various models — like "misdrilled holes, loose rudder bolts, and this mont...

Workers say self-inspections increase risks; jet makers and suppliers say self-checks aren’t the problem

The aircraft manufacturer has been hit by a series of costly delays which have delayed the roll-out of its 737s this year including mis-drilled holes in the fuselage and incorrectly installed parts.

The snap vote is a transparent attempt to end the powerful strike as it begins to take a major toll on the civilian and military aircraft supplier.

The clock is ticking on Boeing’s plan to increase output of its best-selling jet as a key supplier heads back to the bargaining table in a labor dispute that has