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What Boeing is asking the Planning Commission today (Thursday) — and ultimately will have to ask the City Council — is for a zoning change that would allow for one of several other uses for the land. No building would be torn down; the change would just allow for additional uses other than aircraft production.
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Already, Boeing has had problems there. A shortage of bolts and other fasteners, for instance, caused delays on the first 787. If they look close enough at the plane being unveiled here Sunday, journalists and industry executives will find temporary fasteners in the fuselage where real bolts will eventually end up.
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Boeing has eight contingency plans for the 787, McNerney said. One has been funded, and that involves what's known as "travel work." This is work that is supposed to get done before the large composite fuselage barrels and wings of the 787 arrive in Everett for final assembly of the planes. Instead, the work would have to be done by Boeing machinists in Everett.
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The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner left the assembly yard Tuesday evening. The mid-sized, twin engine commercial jetliner is due to see the skies in May 2008. And aviation enthusiast Charles Conklin managed to snap some pictures of the plane. UPDATE: There are some more great shots out there, hop on over to Flightblogger to see 'em.
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Labor Relations: In 1987, Boeing introduced fiberglass pre-impregnated with phenol formaldehyde resins into its Auburn, Washington plant. Workers handling the materials were not adequately protected from the toxins and were forced to work overtime while being exposed to the chemicals. As a result of their exposure to phenol formaldehyde, workers have since encountered significant medical problems caused by the chemical exposure. Symptoms include everything from nosebleeds and nausea to impaired vision and brain damage.
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The upshot: The Boeing plant at the southern edge of Lake Washington, previously scheduled to wind down perhaps as early as 2012, will be pumping out 737s for perhaps another 25 years. In addition to securing the 737 production jobs, already the Navy program has added almost 450 high-tech engineering jobs in Renton.
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