Boeing May Use Non-Seattle Engineers as Seattle Costs Up

Boeing Co., working to reach a new contract with union engineers, says some development work on future airliners may be done at less-expensive sites outside its Seattle jet-manufacturing hub.

While keeping the renewed focus on engineering championed by former Commercial Airplanes President Jim Albaugh, Boeing can draw on resources from across the breadth of the company, not just those in the Puget Sound region, Mike Delaney, the chief engineer, said yesterday.