Boeing has reached out to retirees to maintain the 737 Max

MOSES LAKE — The Boeing Co. is reaching out to retirees to help tend a fleet of 737 Maxes stored at the company’s Moses Lake test facility.

Hundreds of Boeing workers are responsible for looking after the airplanes, including a cadre of retired employees who have returned to work under a deal allowing them to draw a paycheck and keep their pension benefits.

The aerospace giant began hiring temporary workers with aircraft mechanical and avionics skills last summer to help maintain grounded 737 Maxes, which now number about 250 at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake. That’s more than half of the undelivered Maxes in Boeing’s inventory. In all, about 800 737 Max planes are parked at various locations worldwide, including at Paine Field in Everett.

“They called a bunch of retirees back and said we need you in Moses Lake,” said a Boeing worker who asked not to be identified. “We get the same wages that we left at, plus there’s a bonus at six months, and you get to keep your retirement.”

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