the head of airbus' defence and space division michael schoell—horn said a leaner and more competitiveess was needed. airbus' rival boeing has been facing a lot of headwinds as well. the planemaker is looking to raise up to $35 billion while at the same time dealing with industrial action by more than 30,000 workers. the company also plans to layoff around 17—thousand workers from next month. despite those efforts to reduce costs, aviation analyst mark martin isn't convinced about boeing turning things around. these are second or third generation workers, they have seen boeing in the 70s and �*805. it seen boeing in the 70s and �*80s. it is notjust to pay they are talking about. the reason why they are not coming on the table as they want better work quality standards, the table as they want better work quality standards, they want greater accountability with boeing. the context is about accountability and boeing is not willing to commit. if you're going to get rid of them, where are you going to get your people from? because we know how unions work, the word will travel like wildfire,