Is Boeing Gearing Up To Move All 787 Production To South Carolina?

[tgenerico]

Is Boeing Gearing Up To Move All 787 Production To South Carolina?

Boeing appears to be a step closer to moving the production of its 787 Dreamliner away from its Seattle home to its South Carolina factory. Rumors have been circulating for a while that the manufacturer was looking to consolidate the process to one location. Today, new reports have emerged stating that the consolidation will likely go ahead. We’ve taken a more in-depth look at why Boeing might make the move.

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More union busting. They've done this sort of thing before.

[nattyice]

1. What could possibly go wrong?

[Doodley]

2. Who needs new planes anyway, in this climate of Covid and reduced air travel?

[customerserviceguy]

4. They'll probably announce a move

then postpone the plan because of reduced demand. Airline bankruptcies the whole world over will probably put a lot of used planes on the market at fire sale prices.

Corporations have probably figured out that they can do business without paying for travel for expensive executives to fly all over the place. I don't think we're going to see the amount of business travel that we had in 2019 anytime soon.

[kimbutgar]

3. Wasn't there an article recently about how the move for Boeing is the reason the Max plane

Was recalled. The workers In South Carolina are not so skilled as those in Seattle.

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2020/09/15/boeing-consolidation-787-assembly-study-everett.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-28/boeing-woes-mount-with-manufacturing-defect-found-in-dreamliners

[Coleman]

5. It's to support Graham and Trumputin (nt)

[Klaralven]

6. 787-10 is only built at Charleston -- production rate is also being halved for next year

[hunter]

7. Soon to be the Sears Roebuck & Company of aircraft manufacturers.

How soon before Eddie Lampbert buys them?

[dv421]

8. According the the NYT

Qatar airlines will not take delivery of 787s produced in South Carolina.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/business/boeing-dreamliner-production-problems.html