AIR INDIA GETS ITS FIRST DREAMLINER …
Aircraft manufacturer Boeing delivered its first 787 Dreamliner to Air India – although the plane that was received (belatedly) by the airline was assembled at a union facility in Everett, Washington, not at its non-union South Carolina plant.
It’s not yet clear when the first South Carolina-made Dreamliner will be [...]
Mack Daddy Planes, Muthaf*cka!
Behind Nikki Haley’s Boeing Sensitivity
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is working hard to spin the recent agreement between Boeing and the International Association of Machinists (IAM) as a win for South Carolina — and for her personally.
In Haley’s version of events, the IAM (and by extension President Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board) was brought to its knees thanks to [...]
Nikki Haley Mixes It Up On Facebook (As Her Husband)
Because she’s got nothing better to do (apparently), S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley got into a Facebook spat on Thursday with an influential fiscally conservative State Senator.
Even more bizarre?
She posted her comments while logged on as Michael Haley, her husband.
The drama began when S.C. Sen. Tom Davis (R-Beaufort) – who has been critical of Haley recently [...]
Boeing Cuts A Deal, SC Loses 737 MAX
Boeing has agreed to a sweeping labor agreement with the International Association of Machinists (IAM) that will keep production of its new 737 MAX jet in the Pacific Northwest.
South Carolina had hoped to land the 737 MAX – which has already received close to 700 orders and is expected to enter service in 2016.
The four-year [...]
