Aircraft Manufacturers

Nick Batkoski, a former professional baseball player and third-generation Boeing teammate, now leads 777 and 777X fuselage assembly in Everett. He shares how the teamwork and resilience he built in elite sport shape the way he supports widebody production and mentors the next generation of Boeing workers.

The FAA has proposed scrapping the blanket supersonic ban that has stood since the 1970s, replacing the speed limit with a ground-impact standard that would let boomless jets fly over US land. The shift offers Boom, Hermeus, and other developers a clearer legal path, though engines, market size, route economics, and years of further rulemaking remain major hurdles.