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year Boeing will delivery 540 But it adds in a warning that
serious jeopardy of significant “
and will be 30 aircraft less than
the 670 planned for 2025. The
certification of the other two
models of the MAX is now is
delays with Bernstein suggesting
a slippage to 2025.
The loss of confidence in Boeing
is a deeper and wider issue.
Bernstein in its report “Boeing:
Working for the clampdown -
What are we going to do now?”
says it has “heard worries that
customers would move away
from Boeing due to safety con-
cerns” and it adds that “Boeing
clearly needs to move its quality
control to a higher standard.
That is what Boeing is focused
on based on CEO Calhoun’s
statements in Washington and
announced efforts to address
quality concerns.”
Stan Deal talks with Boeing 737 workers
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while this is all good,
the proof will be in the
results, as we heard
about a renewed
quality focus at Boeing
after the 2018-19 MAX
accidents and quality
issues have persisted.”
Of course, Airbus has had its
issues as well with the durabil-
ity of the GTF engine causing
airlines significant grief. Berstein
notes that “Ryanair CEO
O’Leary was talking about how
fortunate they were to have a
737MAX fleet rather than a GTF-
powered A320 fleet.”
with a mammoth task to restore
CEO Stan Deal is now faced
airline and passenger con-
fidence in Boeing. In a staff
memo, he told workers that “our
long-term focus is on improv-
ing our quality so that we can
regain the confidence of our
customers, our regulator and the
flying public. Frankly, we have
disappointed and let them down.
We are deeply sorry for the
significant disruption and frus-
tration for our customers, some
of whom have been publicly
and unfairly criticized. We have
heard from our regulator, which
has announced it won’t allow
737 MAX production increases
until they are satisfied, we have
improved our quality control. We
own these issues and will make
them right.”
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