The union representing 3,200 workers at Boeing Co.’s fighter aircraft plant in St. Louis and the company have extended a strike deadline to June 3, putting off a walkout that could have arrived at midnight Monday. They will resume negotiations Wednesday. Meanwhile, Boeing Co. is seeking permission to immediately appeal a federal judge’s ruling that could give relatives of those killed in last year’s Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash more options for collecting damages.
Heaters on more than 600 DC-9s and related jetliners must be inspected for problems that could cause fires, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Wednesday’s order covers small static port heaters that keep ice from forming on devices that measure air pressure on 593 U.S.-registered DC-9 and MD-80 series planes and 12 MD-90s.
Sharp differences between Democrats and Republicans over price controls in Western electricity markets delayed a vote Thursday on legislation to deal with California’s power crisis. Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., has offered a proposal to require that 80 percent of the electricity in California and the Pacific Northwest be sold under long-term contracts. If that minimum were not reached, price controls would kick in, officials said.
Microsoft Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. announced an alliance Thursday aimed at securing government contracts for such projects as secure e-mail and e-commerce. The companies will form a team to will learn more about each other’s technology and identify possible projects.
Amtrak cannot meet conflicting goals of providing national passenger service and breaking even financially, the rail system’s president, George Warrington, said Thursday. He appealed to political leaders to resolve, at last, whether Amtrak’s public or private responsibilities come first, but declined to specify what he thinks the railway’s mission should be.
A Chicago woman who stole nearly a quarter of a million dollars from her former employer avoided prison by convincing a judge she went on shopping sprees to fight depression. Elizabeth Roach had faced as much as 18 months in prison but was sentenced to five years probation, fined $30,000 and ordered to continue counseling . The judge also told her not to sign up for new credit cards or incur additional debt without the judge’s permission.
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