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    The planemaker may have to pay airlines as much as $5.1 billion for the delays, though much of that is in-kind compensation instead of cash, estimates Rob Stallard, an analyst at Macquarie Capital Inc. in New York. "Boeing has decided to double-down on its failed 787 strategy and place an ill-advised, billion-dollar bet on a strategy that’s a proven loser" Wroblewski said. He added that the union has no plans to disrupt work over the issue. Full Article at Worcester Telegram & Gazette
    Boeing has decided to double-down on its failed 787 strategy and place an ill-advised, billion-dollar bet on a strategy that’s a proven loser
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1 month ago
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Boeing picks South Carolina as 787 line lags
  1. While this might have been unthinkable a number of years ago, the last strike hurt Boeing and its customer relationships. It needs to have more than one source of supply.
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1 month ago
  2. Maybe over years. Today was just the day for the big-font headline.
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1 month ago
  3. It reflects the realities of a global aerospace market for labor
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1 month ago
  4. But the economics of the decision are compelling and enough to overcome the risks of a greenfield production line.
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1 month ago
  5. I think Boeing’s just had it
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1 month ago
  6. This process has clearly gone on over months
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1 month ago
  7. will no doubt provoke turbulence in Boeing’s next labor negotiations with the IAM 751 labor union in 2012
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1 month ago
  8. Most of the time, they didn’t even take notes ... It’s now clear that Boeing was only using our talks as a smoke screen, and as a bargaining chip to extort a bigger tax handout from South Carolina.
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1 month ago
  9. Retaliation is Boeing’s tactic, not ours
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1 month ago

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