David Calhoun believes passengers will fly on the plane when they see pilots getting on board.
That timetable would be five or six months longer than Boeing predicted for the grounded 737 late last year.
Retired workers are on the job in Moses Lake. The deal lets them keep their pension benefits.
The service has reminded the new CEO that it’s not happy with Boeing’s aerial-refueling tanker program.
The issue concerns a program that verifies whether monitors tracking key systems are working properly.
The airline will drop about 330 flights each weekday from its normal 4,000 daily flights.
The committee differed sharply with legislators who are investigating Boeing and the FAA.
Employees bragged about fooling the FAA about pilots needing only computer training for the new 737 Max.
The company reported more cancellations than new orders in 2019.
Having the pilots do simulator training would have undercut a critical selling point of the jet.
Unlike Boeing, makers of components and parts cannot easily absorb the cost of an assembly shutdown.
Dave Calhoun is entrusted with turning around a company that has been widely censured for arrogance.
The newly released emails suggest a troubling culture that prioritized saving money over safety.
Apologetically, the company released communications that also reveal contempt for regulators and airlines.
The company expects to conduct further layoffs “later this month” at two factories in Oklahoma.
At issue are tracks that guide the movement of control surfaces on the front of the wings on 737s.
By the time airport authorities set out to investigate the errant coyote, it had taken off.
