Boeing Co., working to reach a new contract with union engineers, says some development work on future airliners may be done at less-expensive sites outside its Seattle jet-manufacturing hub.
While keeping the renewed focus on engineering championed by former Commercial Airplanes President Jim Albaugh, Boeing can draw on resources from across the breadth of the company, not just those in the Puget Sound region, Mike Delaney, the chief engineer, said yesterday.
"Seattle is a love-hate relationship for me," he said. "I love pumping all the money into my team, but now we're in the same place as southern California and the Washington, D.C., area in terms of cost to do engineering. Those are the three most expensive places in the country to do engineering."
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