Boeing’s critics often claim that two deadly jetliner crashes a few years ago and the blowout of a section of a third plane in January made clear that the aircraft manufacturer cut corners

Boeing is proposing a 30 percent pay increase and doubling the signing bonus in a bid to end a strike by machinists that is in its second week.

Boeing has told major customer Ryanair that production is likely to be disrupted for two to three weeks after the end of the current strike, Ryanair Group Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said on Tuesday.