Boeing Engineers Leave Struggling Planemaker For Space Companies: Report
Boeing Engineers Leave Struggling Planemaker For Space Companies: Report
While rival space companies continue to aim big and develop new vehicles, Boeing is yet to announce a new plane, FT noted. Planemaker Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) is reportedly witnessing an increased number of its engineers leaving for space companies.
据报道，飞机制造商波音公司（纽约证券交易所代码：BA）目睹了越来越多的工程师前往航天公司。
What Happened: The average tenure of a Boeing engineer has dropped to 12.6 years from 16.4 years over the last decade, the Financial Times reported, citing data from the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, a union representing 12,000 Boeing engineers. As per union data, the tenure is shortening in every age bracket.
发生了什么：《金融时报》援引代表12,000名波音工程师的工会航空航天专业工程雇员协会的数据报道，波音工程师的平均任期已从过去十年的16.4年降至12.6年。根据工会的数据，每个年龄段的任期都在缩短。
The departure of engineering talent could make it harder for the company to launch a new plane, the report noted, while adding that the struggling plane maker is serving as a good place for space companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin to poach talent from.
报告指出，工程人才的离职可能会使该公司更难发射新飞机，同时补充说，这家陷入困境的飞机制造商是SpaceX和Blue Origin等航天公司挖掘人才的好地方。
While rival space companies continue to aim big and develop new vehicles, Boeing is yet to announce a new plane, FT noted.
英国《金融时报》指出，尽管竞争对手的太空公司继续瞄准大目标并开发新飞机，但波音尚未宣布一架新飞机。
"Boeing is an airplane company and at the right time in the future, we need to develop a new airplane. But we have a lot of work to do before then," Ortberg said during the company's third-quarter earnings call.
“波音是一家飞机公司，在未来的正确时机，我们需要开发一架新飞机。但是在那之前我们还有很多工作要做。” 奥特伯格在公司第三季度财报电话会议上说。
Boeing did not immediately respond to Benzinga's request for comment.
波音没有立即回应本辛加的置评请求。
Why It Matters: Boeing has been struggling since the start of the year when a door panel flew off an Alaska Airlines jet manufactured by the company.
为何重要：自年初波音公司制造的阿拉斯加航空公司的飞机门板起飞以来，波音一直在苦苦挣扎。
Later in the year, technical issues were identified with the Starliner spacecraft manufactured by the company, causing space agency NASA to opt out of bringing back the two astronauts who flew on Starliner to the International Space Station on the same spacecraft. The astronauts are now slated to return to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft no earlier than March.
今年晚些时候，发现该公司制造的Starliner航天器存在技术问题，导致美国宇航局航天局选择不将乘坐Starliner的两名宇航员带回国际空间站，他们乘坐同一艘航天器飞回国际空间站。现在，宇航员计划不早于三月份乘坐SpaceX Dragon飞船返回地球。
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said in October that Boeing would downsize its workforce by 10%. The layoff is expected to impact nearly 17,000 jobs. Ortberg then said that the layoffs are necessary to align with Boeing's financial reality and future recovery plans.
波音首席执行官凯利·奥特伯格在10月表示，波音将裁员10％。裁员预计将影响近17,000个工作岗位。奥特伯格随后表示，裁员是必要的，以符合波音的财务现实和未来的复苏计划。
Price Action: Boeing shares closed up 0.6% at $180.38 on Thursday. The stock is down 28.4% year-to-date, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
价格走势：波音股价周四收盘上涨0.6％，至180.38美元。根据Benzinga Pro的数据，该股今年迄今已下跌28.4％。
Boeing has a consensus price target of $197.85 based on the ratings of 23 analysts tracked by Benzinga. The analysts have a consensus "buy" rating on the stock.
根据本辛加追踪的23位分析师的评级，波音的共识目标股价为197.85美元。分析师对该股的共识评级为 “买入”。
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