a message employees, Boeing president and CEO Kelly Ortberg announced that the company has reduced the number of total workforce by 10 percent. That means Boeing will cut about 17,000 jobs in the coming months, including executives and managers. Ortberg, who only took the reins in August, explained that the company had to make “structural changes” to ensure it “remains competitive” and can serve its customers over the long term.
Ortberg announced the upcoming layoffs amid a machinist strike that has halted production at most Boeing plants, including those that make the best-selling 737 Max plane. About 33,000 trade union machinists are participating in the strike, which has been going on since mid-September. as AP explains that this has had a huge impact on Boeing’s pockets, as it pays half of the cost of an aircraft after delivering the customer’s order.
In addition to the layoffs, Ortberg announced that Boeing will delay development of the 777X aircraft due to ongoing work stoppages as well as development challenges. It now plans to deliver the new wide-body aircraft in 2026 instead of 2025.
Boeing started in 2024 some 737 Max 9 planes were grounded After an Alaska Airlines door jamb flew off mid-flight. Although there were no reported injuries, the Boeing plane had only been in operation since November last year. There was company in July agreed to plead guilty Conspiracy to defraud the US government after two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people. There was also Boeing lost hundreds of millions As a result of the Starliner’s return delay from the International Space Station. The company’s first crewed flight was supposed to last just a few days, but hardware problems prevented it from sticking to its original timeline. Starliner at the end He returned to earth months later, it first flew to the space station without astronauts. His staff will now Return home in the SpaceX Dragon capsule next February.
