“Always bet on Boeing?”
South Carolina’s biggest-ever taxpayer-funded economic development gamble might one day pay off, but right now the hits keep-a-coming for the Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer.
This week The Wall Street Journal exclusively reported on Boeing’s “plans to cut hundreds of workers at a South Carolina factory where it builds 787 Dreamliners.” How many workers? Up to [...]
Boeing To Cut Hundreds Of SC Jobs
Dreamliner Could Face Extended Grounding
Poland’s national airline will not fly its Boeing 787 Dreamliners until October, citing “uncertainty” over the next generation airplane’s immediate future. That’s obviously a much longer window than analysts were anticipating.
“We want to carry our passangers in a forseeable and safe way,” a spokesman for the airline told the Associated Press.
The Dreamliner has been grounded [...]
“Mack Daddy Planes” Grounded
FAA CITES FIRE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH PLANE’S BATTERIES
For Boeing, the nightmare keeps getting worse …
This week – in response to a rash of recent problems – the company’s troubled 787 Dreamliner passenger airplane has been grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
While the Dreamliner has been plagued by any number of issues, the FAA cited [...]
Mack Daddy Planes, Muthaf*cka!
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 [...]
