{"id":148502,"date":"2024-02-28T13:30:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T13:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=148502"},"modified":"2024-02-28T16:51:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T16:51:26","slug":"faa-boeing-must-develop-comprehensive-quality-plan-in-90-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/02\/faa-boeing-must-develop-comprehensive-quality-plan-in-90-days.html","title":{"rendered":"FAA: Boeing must develop comprehensive quality plan in 90 days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Boeing must develop a comprehensive action plan to address &#8220;systemic quality-control issues&#8221; within 90 days, the head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday, in a statement critical of the planemaker following an all-day meeting with CEO Dave Calhoun on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Boeing must commit to real and profound improvements,\u201d FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said in the statement. &#8220;Making foundational change will require a sustained effort from Boeing\u2019s leadership, and we are going to hold them accountable every step of the way, with mutually understood milestones and expectations.&#8221;\u202f\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boeing has scrambled to explain and strengthen safety procedures after a door panel detached during a Jan. 5 flight on a brand new Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9, forcing pilots to make an emergency landing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boeing&#8217;s production rate has been capped by regulators and closely scrutinized by lawmakers and customers following the Jan. 5 incident and the new statement raises fresh questions about how long the production rate halt will last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2024\/02\/ntsb-released-its-preliminary-report-on-the-alaska-airlines-737-max-9-incident.html\">NTSB released its preliminary report on the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 incident<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitaker said Boeing&#8217;s plan must incorporate forthcoming results of the FAA production-line audit and findings from an expert review panel report released earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That report, which had been commissioned in early 2023, was highly critical of the company&#8217;s safety management processes, saying Boeing suffered from &#8220;inadequate and confusing implementation of the components of a positive safety culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boeing last week abruptly removed Ed Clark, the head of its troubled 737 MAX program, as part of a management shakeup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FAA said Wednesday Boeing must take steps to improve its Safety Management System (SMS) program, which it committed to in 2019 and combine it with a Quality Management System to &#8220;create a measurable, systemic shift in manufacturing quality control.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitaker visited Boeing&#8217;s Renton, Washington, factory, where the 737 MAX line is produced, on February 12. Whitaker expressed concerns about some things he saw on the tour, two people briefed on the matter told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting with Calhoun lasted more than seven hours, sources said. &#8220;Boeing must take a fresh look at every aspect of their quality-control process and ensure that safety is the company\u2019s guiding principle,&#8221; Whitaker said.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/faa-tells-boeing-come-up-with-plan-90-days-fix-quality-issues-2024-02-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-d40f09ce     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"201\" 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