Boeing announced Friday that it will eliminate 17,000 jobs—10% of its workforce—as it deals with deepening losses. Machinists are on strike against the company, which already was dealing with damaging safety and manufacturing problems. Boeing has lost more than $25 billion since the start of 2019, per the AP. “Our business is in a difficult position, and it is hard to overstate the challenges we face together,” CEO Kelly Ortberg told employees in a memo Friday afternoon, CNBC reports. The moves planned affect: The 777X wide-body plane: The project is being delayed, and the uncertified new plan…