Boeing to add ‘a few hundred’ employees to get 737 MAX flying again
Boeing said on Tuesday it plans to add extra staff and hire “a few hundred” additional temporary employees at an airport in Moses Lake, Washington, where it is storing 737 MAX jetliners, the fast-selling model grounded in the wake of deadly crashes.
The world’s largest planemaker, working to dig itself out of one of the worst crises in its history, said the workers will assist with aircraft maintenance and customer delivery preparations at Grant County International Airport.
Boeing reiterated that it is working toward getting the 737 MAX flying again commercially in the “early fourth quarter” after it wins approval of reprogrammed software for the stall-prevention system at the centre of the crashes.
