(Reuters) – Boeing (NYSE:) stated on Thursday the planemaker has up to date its workforce coaching for brand new hires for manufacturing and high quality after pausing it in late February.
Its new hires will now obtain 10 to 14 weeks of foundational expertise coaching earlier than transferring to the manufacturing flooring, which is one to 2 weeks extra on common per worker than up to now.
At its Renton coaching heart, Boeing has put in a bit of 737 fuselage for workers to apply expertise equivalent to wiring set up and figuring out potential defects.
Following Alaska Airways incident on Jan.5 when a door panel of a 737 MAX 9 indifferent throughout a flight, the corporate is overhauling manufacturing practices because it grapples with investigations and slumping manufacturing of its strongest-selling jet.
