KOMO - News - Boeing http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing RSS Feed for KOMO - News - Boeing en-us Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:03:58 GMT Boeing: Orders will shrink from here http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/34777229.html Boeing Co. has seen its orders peak and the number of planes in its backlog will probably decline going forward, the chief of its commercial airplanes division said Wednesday. Boeing to slash 800 jobs at Kansas facility http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/34759214.html The Chicago-based company says the reductions are a result of some programs ending and a delay in a U.S. Air Force tanker replacement program. Ballots set Boeing engineers contract voting http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/34612179.html Ballots were prepared Monday for contract ratification voting by nearly 21,000 Boeing Co. engineers and technical workers as contract talks began for Boeing engineers in Wichita, Kan. Details of SPEEA-backed tentative deal released http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/34476339.html Union negotiators were recommending approval of the tentative agreement reached with Boeing, and on Friday night the union's two councils decided to support the deal, which a Boeing spokesperson described as "market-competitive." Boeing delays delivery of 747-8 http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/34463624.html The postponement was caused by supply chain delays because of design changes, limited availability of engineering resources at Boeing and a recent machinists strike. Boeing delays 737 deliveries due to parts problem http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/34431924.html Boeing Co., which is ramping up airplane production after a costly strike, said Thursday it was delaying the delivery of 737 jetliners and planning to inspect some already in service to replace parts that lacked a required anticorrosion coating. Boeing engineers seek strike authorization vote http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/34420199.html Contract talks covering about 21,000 Boeing Co. white-collar workers appeared to stall Thursday, and their union council called for members to vote on whether to authorize the leadership to call a strike. Contract talks for Boeing engineers extended http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/34313359.html Contract talks covering nearly 21,000 Boeing Co. engineers, scientists and technical workers have been extended because of unresolved economic and other issues and could run into next week. Alaska Air jet makes emergency landing http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/34307504.html Alaska Airlines is investigating the cause of an engine problem that led to an emergency landing of one of the newer additions to its fleet. FAA toughens warnings to Boeing 737 pilots http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/34204989.html The Federal Aviation Administration said some pilots are apparently ignoring a warning horn indicating a loss of cabin pressure, mistakenly thinking it's a false alarm.