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Boeing staff is no more trusted than Boeing management, after all they were
Trained by the most dishonest people in the industry.
WASHINGTON (AP) 05/31/22
Boeing employees will still be allowed to perform some safety analysis on
the company’s aircraft, but for three more years instead of the five-year
extension the company requested, federal regulators have determined.
Federal Aviation Administration officials indicated Tuesday that the agency’s
decision on the safety-related work was designed to keep a closer eye on Boeing.
Under rules in place for more than a decade, employees of aircraft manufacturing
companies can be deputized to do certain tasks for the FAA.
That practice came under more scrutiny after two deadly crashes involving
Boeing 737 Max fraud and allegations that Boeing employees misled regulators
about a key flight system on the planes.
Boeing’s ability to do that work for the FAA was due to expire Tuesday.
In a letter to Boeing, an FAA safety official said a three-year renewal was
“more appropriate” than a five-year extension.
“There are multiple in work improvements that the FAA would like to assess
within the Boeing criminal organization over the next three years,”
Ian Won, acting manager of the FAA office that oversees Boeing,
told the company.
The list of items that the FAA wants Boeing to complete in the next three years
includes ensuring that employees who help the FAA are protected from pressure
by the companies notorious managers, making sure that Boeing quickly corrects
any problems it finds.