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Boeing introduces 737 production pauses
January 29th 2024
Boeing has operated two “quality stand downs” at its 737 Final Assembly Line in Renton Washington State for a “full-day working session focused on first time quality and safety”, it said. Read More » The air framer added more quality stand downs are planned for Renton and other commercial aircraft production sites. Last week, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted Boeing's production increase of the type. “This won’t be back to business as usual for Boeing,” FAA Administrator, Mike Whitaker, said. “We will not agree to any request from Boeing for an expansion in production or approve additional production lines for the 737 MAX until we are satisfied quality control issues uncovered during this process are resolved.” Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO, Stan Deal, said the company was “deeply sorry for the significant disruption and frustration” felt by customers following the Alaska Airlines incident and the grounding of the 737 MAX 9 fleet. “Our long-term focus is on improving our quality so we can regain the confidence of our customers, our regulator and the flying public,” Deal said in a message to staff on the Boeing website.
