Cusp of Ending Boeing Strike
Years ago, if you belong to Boeing, you were proud to say, “If it’s not Boeing I’m not going” Back in the late eighties and early nineties Boeing realized it’s the people that made Boeing the proud product in the aviation industry. Since David Calhoun, former CEO left the company with a huge $32 Million severance package it continues to spiral out of control.
Almost two months since any production at the Boeing plant. Fire and Aviation TV made a statement that Boeing needed to offer 35 per cent increase plus health and retirement benefits. They offered that but then took away the pension plan from the table of discussion. Had they place that within the increase along with more benefits than this strike decision would have been over long time ago and not Monday November 4, 2024
Meanwhile airlines are also suffering even before this strike due to low output of Boeing aircraft due to earlier events this year. Now with the strike nothing has been produced in over a month. Some airlines like Emirates and Delta have no option to remodel aging aircraft due to the shortage of supplies. That being aircraft and deliveries. Many other airlines across the globe were affected like Fly Dubai and so many more.
This trickle-down effect will increase the already high-ticket price for flights om airlines. Now Boeing has made the 35 per cent offer and they announced up to 17,000 job cuts looming due to the strike. This will affect production once this strike is over.
Last month ports affected from Maine all the way down the east coast and across the gulf to Texas were on strike. However, within four days an agreement was reached and back to work on the fifth day. Inevitably it is the people in Boeing that build the aircraft and on the manufacturing floor that also have been affected deeply while on strike. C.E.O. and other management executives still get their huge checks each week. It is time for Boeing to get back to basics and remember those who built the planes and business to what it was before.
As we go to print this story, we expect the union to accept this offer as its reasonable and well overdue.
Courtesy Fire and Aviation TV / Editorial edited by Airline Adviser November 4 2024