"I've never seen Boeing do that before. They might be feeling the pinch, feeling the hurt a little bit, you know--trying to save some money after spending so much money on four CE

More than 30,000 Boeing machinists walked off the job Sept. 13. At a local union office outside Seattle, they prepared for what may be a lengthy strike.

Boeing said furloughs began on Friday for thousands of employees in Washington State and Oregon, after more than 32,000 workers went on strike last week, halting production of the U.S. planemaker's best-selling 737 MAX and other jets.