From ExtremeTech: After months of speculation, Boeing has temporarily shut down production of its 737 MAX. The announcement is expected to have ripple effects across the US economy, even though the company is painting the shutdown as a temporary measure. Boeing announced the move after regulators announced the 737 MAX would not be cleared to return to service this year.
Boeing does not intend to furlough or lay off any workers at any plants; the workers currently assigned to 737 MAX production will be temporarily reassigned. Boeing slashed the number of planes it built per month to 42 in April of 2019, once airlines stopped taking deliveries of the plane, but had continued finishing that number of aircraft up until now. US airlines have removed the 737 MAX from their schedules through at least March and American said last week that it did not expect to see the 737 MAX fly again until April. Boeing has stored the 400+ jets it has completed in the intervening months and claims halting production will actually make it easier to deliver the aircraft to customers once shipments are allowed to resume.
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