Boeing Pilots Protest Contractor Use for 787 Training
The union representing Boeing pilots has criticized the company for not informing new 787 customers of plans to use contractors to perform line assist. (Photo: Boeing)
The union representing Boeing pilots has criticized the company for not informing new 787 customers of plans to use contractors to perform line assist. (Photo: Boeing)

Six weeks after unanimously voting “No Confidence” in the management of Boeing’s Training & Flight Services division, pilots employed by the company to deliver airplanes and help prepare customer crews to fly new aircraft have decided to go public with their displeasure with Boeing’s decision to hire contract pilots to perform 787 training.