EVERETT–Five days into the launch of Boeing’s 737 North Line and the bugs are being worked out of the assembly process as Snohomish County elected officials and company brass trumpet the economic injection underway.
Joe Hollingsworth, a 14-year Boeing veteran and tool construction team lead says the first five days of new 737 assembly in Everett, which started on Monday, did reveal some expected adjustments. He tells EverettPost.com, “Yes, we found things that weren’t ordered or IP’s (internal processes) that need to be modified, (or) corrected. So that’s what LRIPs about is cleaning up the system to make it hassle free.”
LRIP’s the company acronym for Low Rate Initial Process that will set completed initial monthly production targets for Everett-built 737s on the North Line…