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Originally Posted by Lubicon
They don’t. But it doesn’t make financial sense to keep building aircraft if you cannot delivery them to your customers (and get paid). Trimming production reduces labor costs, those dollars can be reallocated to fixing the issue. I read this as more of a financial move more than anything.
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I don't think its financial in terms of needing the money to fund the fix. The fix is cheap and Boeing is a monstrous entity with plenty of revenue still coming in, and that doesn't even touch on their massive cash reserves (USD 8B+), debt availability, etc. Plus the fact they were paying these people already so not like it is actually costing them much more than some additional OT and related development costs. A drop in the bucket of their costs.