Boeing to hire hundreds to support grounded Max fleet in Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE, Wash. - Boeing is preparing to hire hundreds of temporary employees in Moses Lake to support the growing fleet of grounded 737 Max jetliners being stored there, company officials confirmed Tuesday.

The aerospace giant is looking to hire "a few hundred" workers with specific skills, including avionics technicians, aircraft mechanics, airframe and power plant mechanics and aircraft electricians, said Boeing spokesman Paul R. Bergman.

A growing number of Max jets are piling up on the tarmac at Boeing's test facility at the east end of the Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake - and at a few other sites - while the company continues to churn out 42 of the grounded aircraft each month.

The extra workers are needed to assist and support Max storage at Moses Lake during the grounding - and then to help ready the planes for delivery once the grounding is lifted.

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