Well this is one way to stop a strike......

[a kennedy]

In a in a memo Friday, CEO Kelly Ortberg announced the layoffs, writing that the aerospace giant must make "tough decisions" to stay competitive. Ortberg added that the company is also delaying its program to develop the 777X airplane and halting production of the 767 aircraft after it delivers the remaining 767 planes that have been ordered by customers.

The layoffs and production changes come amid a labor dispute at Boeing, with 33,000 machinists going on strike last month after failing to agree on a contract. The aerospace giant's finances and reputation have also taken a hit this year due to manufacturing problems and multiple federal investigations, following a mid-air panel blowout in January.

"Our business is in a difficult position, and it is hard to overstate the challenges we face together," said Ortberg in the memo. "Beyond navigating our current environment, restoring our company requires tough decisions and we will have to make structural changes to ensure we can stay competitive and deliver for our customers over the long term."

Ortberg, the former head of aerospace company Rockwell Collins, joined Boeing as CEO in August, replacing outgoing CEO Dave Calhoun in the wake of increased regulatory scrutiny sparked by production problems at the storied company.

In his Friday memo, Ortberg said the layoffs will include executives, managers and employees, and take place within the "coming months."

https://l.smartnews.com/p-jkH9k/1Dyn8o

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[getagrip_already]

1. Death of a company.....

I dont know if they insanely arrogant or just maga stupid, but i dont see this ending well.

A company like boeing is not a vertical monopoly. They rely on unionized suppliers, truckers, rail workers, and dock workers.

They wont be able to weld a joint or ship a wing.

And even a few weeks of disruption will cause years of headaches.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. The stockholders will love it!

The flying public may want to know when their plane was manufactured...if this leads to more crashes or more fleet showdowns due to discovered quality defects, these same stockholders might not like the results so much.

[soandso]

3. Considering all of the problems

like chunks of planes falling off, I'd say they need to re-group and assess wtf is wrong there. I mean look at this shit (!!!):

An emergency slide that fell off a Delta flight shortly after takeoff from the JFK Airport on Friday reportedly washed up outside the beach house of a lawyer whose firm is suing Boeing over safety issues.

Jake Bissell-Linsk, a New York attorney whose firm is taking legal action against Boeing after an Alaska Airlines plane lost a door plug midair in January, said he was surprised when he saw the slide outside his oceanfront home in Belle Harbor Queens on Sunday.

“We are right on the beach and I saw it was sitting on the breakers,” Mr Bissell-Linsk told the New York Post. “I didn’t want to touch it but I got close enough to get a close look at it,” he said after he found the deflated yellow slide at his Atlantic Ocean facing home, six miles southeast of JFK Airport.

“Our case is all about safety issues at Boeing, and this slide is literally right in front of my house.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/boeing-flight-safety-delta-emergency-slide-b2537650.html

To say this is not acceptable would be the understatement of the century. Something is very wrong at Boeing and they need to figure out what it is.

[IzzaNuDay]

5. In Boeing's defense, this incident is all on Delta

First thing I do when I read of such stories is look up which airplane model.
This was the emergency slide from a 767-300 ER, an older airplane model (1980’s vintage). Once the plane leaves the Boeing factory, the airline is fully responsible for the airplane maintenance.

This incident belongs to Delta alone. Someone screwed up in the maintenance house bigly. There are few if any Boeing employees working in the Delta maintenance facility.

[mopinko]

4. is that even legal?

isnt it against the law to fire workers during a strike?

[MichMan]

7. They aren't firing them, they are laying them off

"In his Friday memo, Ortberg said the layoffs will include executives, managers and employees, and take place within the "coming months."

If they aren't building planes, they don't need all the associated administrative staff. They have lots of employees remaining who aren't currently striking.

[travelingthrulife]

6. Ahhh...the Musk/Trump playbook

Those pesky workers give you any lip, just say, "You're fired!"