Boeing steps up 777 'traveled work' despite its link to the 737 Max blowout

A new report suggests Boeing is back to leaning on business practices that helped cause the 737 Max door plug blowout which threw its year into disarray. The Seattle Times reports that the planemaker is ramping up so-called out-of-order “traveled work” manufacturing on its 777 jets in order to stockpile planes ahead of a possible machinist strike. The newspaper reports that Boeing is moving incomplete planes along in the production process earlier than it usually would in order to avoid slowdowns at its Everett, Washington facility, and grabbing parts from...