David Koenig

Associated Press

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

Feds Say Tougher Rules Needed to Protect Texas Power Plants

Officials hope to prevent a repeat of blackouts that killed over 200 people in February.

General Motors said Monday, Sept. 20, 2021 that production has resumed for battery modules used in recalled Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles, and customers could start getting replacement parts by mid-October.

GM Says Production Starts on Replacement Batteries for Bolts

At least 13 battery fires have been reported.

Photos captured by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021 and reviewed by The Associated Press show a miles long black slick floating in the Gulf of Mexico near a large rig marked with the name Enterprise Offshore Drilling.

Photos Show Black Slick in Water Near Oil Rig after Ida

State and federal regulators said they had been unable to reach the stricken area.

A Spirit Airlines jet approaches Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. On Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, Spirit said the cancellation of more than 2,800 flights over an 11-day stretch this summer cost the budget airline about $50 million in lost revenue and caused spending to soar.

Spirit Air Says Canceled Flights Cost $50M, Hurt Bookings

Spirit said it canceled 2,826 flights from July 30 through Aug. 9.

In this May 4, 2019, file photo, a charter plane carrying 143 people and traveling from Cuba to north Florida sits in a river at the end of a runway in Jacksonville, Fla. Investigators say the loss of braking power on a rain-soaked flooded runway caused a cargo plane chartered by the Pentagon to slide into a Florida river in 2019, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday, AUg. 4, 2021.

Loss of Braking Cited in 2019 Florida Plane Incident

The pilots landed too fast and waited too long to deploy speed-reducing panels.

Stranded travelers sleep on the seats of the ticketing waiting area, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia.

Spirit Cancels Half Its Flights; American Also Struggling

Spirit and American canceled 60% and 11% of its schedules, respectively.

In this Oct. 3, 2018 file photo, Gary Kelly, Chairman and CEO, Southwest Airlines Co., speaks in Detroit. Southwest said Wednesday, June 23, 2021, that Kelly will step down next February and be succeeded by Robert Jordan.

Longtime Southwest Airlines CEO Will Step Down Next Year

Kelly will be succeeded by Robert Jordan.

In this March 3, 2019 file photo, provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB investigators and member of the recovery team retrieve the flight data recorder of the Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 cargo jet that crashed in the muddy marshland of Trinity Bay, east of Houston. Investigators say a pilot's errors and disorientation were primary factors in causing the 2019 crash in Texas.

NTSB: Co-Pilot to Blame for Cargo Plane Crash

“The first officer's training record was bluntly, well, terrible,” said NTSB Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg.

In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Dr. Deborah Birx, Ambassador and White House coronavirus response coordinator, holds a 3M N95 mask as she and Vice President Mike Pence visit 3M headquarters in Maplewood, Minn., in a meeting with the company's leaders and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to coordinate response to the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Trump, 3M Clash Over US Face Masks

The conflict involves the export of N95 masks, surgical gloves and other medical protective gear.

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FAA Waives Rule that Prompted Empty Flights

Airlines were flying nearly empty planes to avoid losing takeoff and landing rights.

A Boeing 777X airplane takes off on its first flight at Paine Field in Everett, Wash., Jan. 25, 2020.

Boeing Freezes Hiring

Company leaders painted a sobering picture for the business in 2020.