Aircraft
Boeing, Engineers’ Union Clash over Pilot Layoffs
Boeing rejects SPEEA claims that it replaced line assist instructor pilots with contract pilots.

Boeing has flatly denied accusations by its engineers’ union that it fired a group of seven pilots involved in training airline crew on new aircraft types and replaced them with contract pilots employed by a “shell company” in the Isle of Man. The charges—outlined in a pair of written statements from the International Federation of Technical and Professional Engineers (IFTPA) and its local affiliate, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA)—stem from the involuntary layoffs of Boeing’s line assist instructor pilots, whose jobs had become redundant because of a lack of new-model airplane introductions, according to the manufacturer.


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