Boeing has warned airlines against carrying bulk shipments of lithium-ion batteries, used in cellphones etc., because they “can cause fires capable of destroying the planes.” The FAA agrees the batteries are a fire risk. Click here for story. Guess what missing Malaysian Airlines MH370 h[...]
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June 29th, 2015 - 6:14 pm § in Politics
GOP Congress kills “Boeing Bank”
The Ex-Im Bank will die tomorrow, because conservative Republicans oppose it “on ideological grounds.” (Click here for story) Ex-Im is jokingly called “Boeing Bank” because more than half its transactions finance the sale of Boeing airplanes, which are America’s #1 expo[...]
June 23rd, 2015 - 2:48 pm § in Misc.
Boeing gets a new CEO
Dennis Muilenberg, 51, a Boeing careerist who worked his way up the management ladder on the defense side, will replace James NcNerny as Boeing CEO on July 1, the Seattle Times reported this afternoon. McNerny, 65, will stay on as chairman until February 2016. Muilenberg currently is vice chairman, [...]
June 16th, 2015 - 8:05 am § in Misc.
While Sawant is Taking on Shell, Boeing, and the Democrats, Her District Is in Trouble
Heather Staples (Quinn’s Bar and Grill) said that some stakeholders were considering an appeal to the Seattle City Council, although she says she’s not sure to whom exactly. “People don’t hear us in City Hall,” she says. from Crosscut: In the upstairs of Quinn’s pub on the corner o[...]
December 19th, 2014 - 12:35 pm § in Hypocrisy
European Union complains to WTO about Washington Boeing subsidies
The European Union has filed a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization objecting to the billions of dollars in state tax subsidies that Washington State has given to Boeing. The EU contends the subsidies are illegal because they discriminate against foreign suppliers by requiring Boeing t[...]
November 29th, 2014 - 5:59 pm § in The Ave Scene
Can Boeing Make a Remote Control 747 As Good As This Airbus?
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November 20th, 2014 - 12:34 am § in Uncategorized
Boeing, Ford, and Chevron Pay Their CEOs More Than The Pay Taxes to Uncle Sam
“Boeing, Ford and Chevron are among 29 U.S. companies whose chief executives were compensated more last year than their corporations paid in federal income taxes,” the Seattle Times reported tonight. But Republicans tell us corporations are overtaxed, and want to cut corporate taxes even[...]
July 7th, 2014 - 4:11 am § in Misc.
Boeing has secret space plane in FLORIDA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Kennedy Space Center is the testing site for a top-secret Air Force space plane. Boeing is converting a former space shuttle building for the X-37B orbital test vehicle program. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/03/3850590/fla-spa[...]
April 17th, 2014 - 3:31 am § in Misc.
UPDATE: The Seattle Times reports that Boeing engineers do not appreciate the compnay telling them to eat buffalo wings, even with dipping suce, are a good idea.
UPDATE from April 10. In December Boeing announced that it was breaking up its advanced central research-and-development unit in Seattle. Transferring jobs around the country. The spin was that Seattle should be happy to be the place making the wings while Boeing spreads its R&D around th[...]
April 10th, 2014 - 7:27 pm § in The Ave Scene
Boeing : Seattle gets the wings, with ranch dressing!
Despite $9,000,000,000 tax break, Boeing is moving the crown jewels, the 1,000 engineering jobs that support the world wide fleet, to California (where TAXES are higher). Management: Chicago Bodies: North Carolina After market support: California Wings: Seattle Boeing’s view of what will [...]