For Boeing, 2019 has evolved into the worst year for the company’s reputation in its history, beginning of course with the grounding last March of the 737 Max over the airplane’s faulty MCAS (maneuvering characteristics augmentation system). Since then, the company has continued building new 737 Max aircraft at the rate of 42 per month and currently is running out of places to store the undelivered airplanes. Next to no orders for new Max aircraft had been announced in 2019 through October. United Airlines in fact, recently extended its grounding of the Max thru March 2020, essentially a year from the date of the initial removal from service.
Boeing May Have Broken the 737 Max Order Logjam
