The FAA has mandated Boeing submit a "comprehensive action plan" within 90 days to address systemic quality-control issues, following the recent 737 Max 9 door plug incident and ongoing safety concerns.
The required plan must integrate findings from FAA audits and an expert review panel report, which previously criticized Boeing's safety culture, communication, and employee fear of retaliation regarding safety concerns.
The FAA is significantly increasing its oversight of Boeing's manufacturing, denying the company's request to boost 737 Max 9 production, and exploring the use of a third party to oversee its operations to ensure profound and lasting change.
The FAA is giving Boeing 90 days to come up with a “comprehensive action plan to address its systemic quality-control issues to meet FAA’s nonnegotiable safety standards.”
According to an FAA statement, the agency and top officials from Boeing spent Tuesday in a safety discussion at FAA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
