But maybe save 10 workers which is a start.

Must be executive bonus season.

This would take Boeing's 2015 orders to over 460 commercial airplanes. This compares with 815 net orders for Airbus. Both Boeing and Airbus have hefty backlogs in commercial jet orders.

In the most recently reported figures, Boeing’s and Airbus’ backlogs stood at over 5,650 and 6,750 commercial jets, respectively. Given the sheer size of the backlog, it will take longer times for both companies to fulfill the orders at current production rates, which, in turn, could reduce the inflow of new orders. Having said that, both Boeing and Airbus are considering an increase in their production rates. In fact, Boeing has so far delivered 580 airplanes in 2015, of which, 101 were 787s. The initial target was to deliver 100 787s for the full year and it is likely to end up somewhere around 130 by end of the year, in our view. So, Boeing is working on enhancing the production capacity and clearing the backlog faster, so as to best accommodate customers needs and minimize cancellations.

And I tend to agree, the only possible explanation would be a short term bump in stock prices to enhance bonuses and stock options.

As someone who has suffered job loss due to corporate shenanigans I'm absolutely livid about how callously upper management deals with layoffs. They'll not be inconvenienced one iota yet they're perfectly willing to send thousands of people to the unemployment line. Those employees well spend weeks or months finding new jobs, not knowing if they'll lose their houses etc.

The last Airbus plane I was on, was so quite, I didn't need to wear my noise canceling headset.

I have always been a huge fan of Boeing's planes, my favorite jet is still the 747, they almost float through the sky but Airbus is beating them with their newer jets.

.....to get the work done.

That happened with my old company, WorldSpan, I was laid off as part of a downsizing in 2005. In 2008, I got a chance to come back as a contractor (no benefits) for a year to work on a system I had designed for our client, Northwest.

Of course, not. What was I thinking?

Thus a loud hint about how they feel about their own workers.

and the manufacturing line floors were cleaner than a surgical theater.

Great week.