Why Boeing’s Output Will Be Slow to Recover From Strike
Plane factories take time to restart. Plus: Trump’s impact on housing and the courts, and the transformation of the Washington Commanders.
737 Max planes at Boeing’s production facility in Renton, Washington, in 2020.
Photographer: David Ryder/Getty Images North AmericaAfter a bitter seven-week strike, Boeing’s workers are starting to finally return to the assembly lines. But don’t expect to see a flood of new planes anytime soon. Bloomberg’s aviation boss Benedikt Kammel and senior reporter Siddharth Philip explain. Plus: What President-elect Donald Trump will mean for housing and the makeup of federal courts. And why you should watch the Washington Commanders on Sunday. If this email was forwarded to you, click here to sign up.
In 2018, still more than a year before the pandemic, Boeing Co.’s trio of assembly plants across the US together churned out an average of more than 60 planes a month. This October the company managed less than a handful.