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The head of the Federal Aviation Administration told a US House subcommittee yesterday that safety culture improvements at Boeing may take three to five years to complete.
“It is not a six-month program – it is a three-year to five-year programme,” FAA administrator Mike Whitaker said, adding he has spoken to Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg and the company’s board of directors about the need for safety culture reforms. He said Boeing has made significant improvement in the short term. “On culture it is a long-term project.... There is progress but they are not where they need to be.”
Congress is holding two days of hearings on Boeing and the company’s safety turnaround efforts.
In June, Whitaker said the agency was “too hands off” in oversight of Boeing before the January mid-air emergency in a new Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 and faulted its prior audits. Boeing faces Justice Department and FAA probes into the Alaska incident.
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