By any standards, it was a close, even contentious, vote. Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 751 in Puget Sound, District W-24 in Portland, OR and District 70 in Wichita, KS have confirmed that they have voted, by 51 to 49 percent, to accept an eight-year contract extension that includes a two-part $15,000 signing bonus and assures the 777X will be built in Puget Sound by IAM members.
ZB002 Would Continue On To Australia For Hot Weather Flight Tests
Boeing plans to bring the 787-9 Dreamliner to Auckland in early January to visit launch customer Air New Zealand. The trip, which is contingent on weather and other test factors, would mark the international debut of the 787-9, the second and newest member of the super-efficient 787 family.
Change Appeared In Stock Exchange Filing Just After Christmas
American Airlines has converted all 22 of its orders for A350XWB airplanes to the larger -900 model with deliveries to begin in 2017. The order had originally been for 18 of the -800 variant and four of the -900 airplanes.
Union Advocates For One Level Of Safety On All-Cargo And Passenger Flights
The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) issued a statement regarding the implementation by the FAA and DOT of FAR 117, the new science-based flight-time/duty-time (FTDT) regulation that goes into effect January 4, 2014.
Urges Examination Of Safety Issues, Ban On Such Calls,
Senate Transportation Committee Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV) sent a letter last month to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler in which he expresses opposition to the possibility of allowing in-flight mobile phone calls.
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