Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Jennifer Homendy reported to the Senate Commerce Committee that her agency had not received documentation of the door plug removal nor a list of employees involved in the procedure. While Boeing contested...
It’s not unusual for buyers and suppliers to dispute price and delivery terms. What is unusual is for the dispute to result in filing a legal action. Like Spirit AeroSystems going public last summer with its disagreement with Boeing about...
We expect that the recent directive from FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker signaling a shift from an audit approach to a direct inspection approach will have a substantial impact on production processes. The revelation that Boeing removed a door plug (enabling...