Ethics Review Says Hiring Scandal Was Isolated

An independent ethics review of Boeing senior-level hiring practices found no widespread conflicts, but identified several areas for improvement and said Boeing should be more consistent in enforcing existing hiring policies and procedures. The review, led by former Sen. Warren Rudman, was prompted by the November firings of Boeing Chief Financial Officer Michael Sears and missile defense executive Darleen Druyun, who were accused of unethical conduct surrounding Mr. Sears' recruitment of Ms. Druyun while she was a U.S. Air Force employee. The incident prompted the Pentagon to put on hold a $27.6-billion deal for the Air Force to lease or buy 100 Boeing 767s as refueling tankers, pending the outcome of several criminal investigati

Rejection Of Terms Expected

The union, representing technical and professional workers at The Boeing Company's plant in Wichita (KS), will send the latest contract offer to members with a strong recommendation to reject. The recommendation came from the WTPU Negotiations Team and was followed by a unanimous vote to support the recommendation to reject from their governing council. "This contract offer is an insult to the Boeing employees in Wichita," said Bob Brewer, chief spokesman for The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, (SPEEA), IFPTE Local 2001. "The company is in a better position today than they have been in two years. The benefit take-a-ways and the refusal of the EIP (Employee Incentive Plan) show that Boeing has no intention of treating thes

Hundreds Scramble To Air Canada Jet

Hundreds of people tried desperately to leave Haiti on Tuesday aboard an Air Canada jet and other international flights as blood was shed for a second consecutive day near the Port-au-Prince airport. More Canadian military personnel flew into the violence-riddled country. A crush of people swarmed the metal barricades outside the departure area of the Mais Gates International Airport, held back by heavily armed U.S. marines inside as the major foreign carriers flew into the Haitian capital for the first time since they had halted flights Feb. 29.

AD NUMBER: 2004-05-21

MANUFACTURER: Bombardier SUBJECT: Flap Actuators SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Bombardier airplanes as listed above. This action requires lubrication of the flap actuators, repetitive measurements ("checks") of the backlash of the flap actuators, determination of the next backlash measurement interval, and replacement of discrepant actuators with new or overhauled actuators if necessary. This action is necessary to prevent the mechanical disconnection of a flap actuator, which, if followed by failure of the flap panel's second actuator due to increased loading, could result in flap asymmetry and consequent loss of controllabilit