WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Boeing ( BA ) is pausing

hiring and taking sweeping steps to conserve cash after about

33,000 workers went on strike on Friday including considering

temporary furloughs for many employees, managers and executives

in the coming weeks.

Boeing ( BA ) Chief Financial Officer Brian West said the "strike

jeopardizes our recovery in a significant way and we must take

necessary actions to preserve cash and safeguard our shared

future."

In addition to a hiring freeze across Boeing ( BA ) at all levels,

the planemaker is stopping most employee travel, suspending

non-essential capital expenditures and facilities spending and

planning "significant reductions in supplier expenditures and

will stop issuing the majority of supplier purchase orders on

the 737, 767 and 777 programs."