New York (CNN) — More than 33,000 Boeing employees ended their strike a month ago. But planes have only just recently started moving along the assembly lines that were idled by the two-month work stoppage.
Production of its 737 Max jet finally resumed Friday, while Boeing said Tuesday that a second Washington state plant that builds 767 and 777 freighters will start back up “in the days ahead.”
Federal Aviation Administration chief Michael Whitaker said in an interview with NBC last week that Boeing had yet to restart production. The safety regulator has been taking a more active oversight role since a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max flight soon after takeoff in early January. The FAA then placed limits on how many of the Max jets Boeing could build. An initial investigation found the jet had left a Boeing factory without the four bolts needed to hold the door plug in place.
Testimony before the National Transportation …