Money | Boeing Strike Grounds Dreamliner to '09 Test flight for Boeing's first new jet in 14 years pushed back for a fifth time By Rob Quinn Posted Nov 5, 2008 6:16 AM CST Copied A Boeing employee works in the cargo area of the first Boeing 787 as it stands near completion at the front of the assembly line, Monday, May 19, 2008, in Everett, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) The maiden flight of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner has been delayed for the fifth time, reports the AP. The company says the 8-week strike by its workers means the next-generation passenger jet now won't take off until an unspecified date next year. Canceled orders are unlikely despite the delay, says an industry observer, as there is "really no alternative" until the competing Airbus A350 arrives in 2013. Read These Next 11 people hurt in a "brutal act of violence" in Michigan. We knew Letterman would pipe up about Colbert eventually. A parent's nightmare, in a white cardboard box. Now we know why Ghislaine Maxwell may have opened up to the DOJ. Report an error