UPDATE: No quick deal expected in strike talks

P-I aerospace reporter James Wallace is at Boeing's flight test and delivery center this morning, where striking Machinists are rallying following last night's news that the company and the union will return to the bargaining table. Here's his report from the scene: BY JAMES WALLACE P-I aerospace reporter Several hundred striking Machinists came out Thursday morning at The Boeing Co.'s flight test and delivery center at Boeing Field, joined by pilots from Alaska Airlines, who came out to show their support. The rally followed news Wednesday night that Boeing and the Machinists had agreed to return to the bargaining table. The mood, according to one Machinist, was "cautiously optimistic" that there will be a breakthrough in the talks and the strike, now in its fifth week, can get resolved. "It's a relief," said Wally Anderson,... [read full story]