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Inside Boeing’s Dirty Rebuild

Could This Break U.S. Defense?

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Amanda Goodall
Oct 05, 2025
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Boeing’s not just in a strike. It’s rewriting the ENTIRE playbook for BDA.

Wall Street thinks this is about late planes and picket lines.
Nah. That’s just noise.

If this fails, it doesn’t just hit Boeing’s margins.

It hits U.S. military readiness.

Boeing is preparing to rebuild its workforce in real time. This isn’t about today’s deliveries. Or the fact some manufacturing companies think they can handle 45+ Max 737 builds per MONTH. It’s about how Boeing wants to operate for the next decade. Who they trust to build. Who they’re willing to cut. And how much risk they’ll take to hit margin targets that aren’t yet priced into the market. This is about Boeing and the Defense side as well.

If you know how to read internal role flow, this isn’t a labor dispute.

This piece breaks it all down:

  • Why the permanent replacement play in St. Louis is bigger than any single strike

  • What Boeing’s job flows say about the org they’re actually building

  • The hiring shift no one is talking about that tells you where their priorities are

  • And how it all sets up the 3–6 and 6–12 month investor read

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