A visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam showed me how changes in the law were used by the Nazis to push their agenda. It’s a warning from history we must heed before it’s too late.

By Scott Hamilton * Editor at Large September 22, 2026 The Bargaining Unit Councils (BUCs) of SPEEA, the union representing Boeing’s engineers and technicians, recommended membership approval of two contracts offered by Boeing. The first contracts were rejected in a vote last month. Both current contracts expire on October 6. The BUCs, one for each group and contract, recommended approval late this afternoon.

By Scott Hamilton • Editor at Large  September 21, 2026 Union members' reaction to the second Tentative Agreement (TA) between SPEEA and Boeing is mixed on social media. SPEEA is the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, representing engineers and technicians. Each group has a contract with Boeing, negotiated by SPEEA. The current contract expires October 6. The first TA, endorsed by negotiators on both sides of the bargaining table, was overwhelmingly rejected by both union groups, and both endorsed a strike if they don’t reach a new contract before midnight on October 6.

Subscription Required  By Scott Hamilton * Editor-at-Large September 17, 2026 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today approved Boeing’s application in December last year to allow the production of 35 more 777Fs after December 31, 2027. This is the deadline the FAA adopted to implement a 2017 decision by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) limiting emissions and noise pollution after that date.

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Free for nonsubscribers By Scott Hamilton Sept. 11, 2026, © Leeham News and Analysis: Controllers at Newfoundland's Gander International Airport had little warning about what was about to descend on them figuratively and literally following the airliner hijackings of 9/11. David Collenette was the Minister of Transport for Canada on September 11, 2001. Ironically, he was in Montreal that morning as a key speaker before 2,000 executives of airports across the world at the Airports Council International conference.

Free for nonsubscribers By Scott Hamilton Sept. 10, 2026, © Leeham News and Analysis: Gander, Newfoundland, had an important role in aviation long before 9/11. Pan American World Airways pioneered passenger air service over the Atlantic. On June 24, 1939, just months before World War II started, Pan Am launched a northern route between the U.S. and Europe via Gander and Ireland.

Free for nonsubscribers  By Scott Hamilton Sept. 9, 2026, © Leeham News and Analysis: The events of 9/11 impacted businesses across most industries and around the globe. That said, Leeham News and Analysis' focus is primarily on Airbus, Boeing, and related companies. For purposes of this series, we’re confining the impact assessment to the Big Two airframe companies 9/11 affected Airbus and Boeing, too.

By Scott Hamilton Sept. 8, 2026, © Leeham News: The events of 9/11 were disastrous for the airline industry. The immediate effect was the grounding of the airlines for four days while new, emergency security procedures were put in place. The airlines were losing hundreds of millions of dollars a day while their planes were idle. Wholesale bankruptcies were very real possibilities.

Free for nonsubscribers  By Scott Hamilton Sept. 7, 2026, Leeham News and Analysis: It has been said that those alive in 1941 and 1945 remember where they were when Pearl Harbor was bombed and President Franklin D. Roosevelt died. I certainly remember where I was when the news was announced of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King.

Free for nonsubscribers  By Scott Hamilton  Aug. 31, 2026, © Leeham News and Analysis: Today is my last day as a full-fledged participant in Leeham News and Analysis (LNA). When LNA was sold to AIN Media Group in July 2025, a two-year contract for me was included, with a provision that AIN would strive to find my successor as editor within a year.

By Scott Hamilton Aug. 27, 2026, © Leeham News: SPEEA, the engineers and technicians union, and Boeing will meet on Monday to discuss where to go following last Friday’s rejection by both worker groups of contracts negotiated by negotiators from both sides. SPEEA, which stands for the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, spent most of this week surveying its members to obtain more specificity for the coming new round of contract talks.

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Aug. 26, 2026, © Leeham News: When Boeing was going through travails with the 787 program from 2007-2015, Airbus boasted it sold more A330s after the Dreamliner...

Aug. 26, 2026, © Leeham News: For nearly 20 years, beginning with the Potemkin-airplane 7-8-07 rollout of the 787, Boeing has stumbled from one miscue after another. The depths to which it bottomed out with the multi-year, multi-failures of the 737 Max program, were extended from March 2019 through mid-2024. Consider: The 787 was 3 ½ years late. It racked up more than $50 billion in deferred production and tooling costs and billions in customer compensation.