When Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Ray Conner– former commercial airplanes head Jim Albaugh parachuted out of Boeing suddenly over the summer–says, “When we get the airplane right, that’s when we’ll go forward,” it sounds like a lesson learned from 787 Dreamliner delays, often blamed on a too-market-driven timeline. Continue reading Boeing on 777X Timeline: New Jets are Hard!
That’s well and good, says Raha, but “Boeing cannot, by itself, save us from the impact of another slowdown in the U.S. economy.” Recently, Raha has made a point of looking for upsides, saying that barring this or that unforeseen incident, the state can expect modest growth. Yet, since 2008, the winds have refused to blow fair. Now the disruption of the Japan earthquake has been followed by a summer of wrangling over the emperor’s new debt ceiling, and even incremental recovery has stalled out. Continue reading Washington State Economy Needs That Boeing Bounce…And More
