WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. senator overseeing aviation issues on Monday called on the head of the Federal Aviation Administration to demand transparency and accountability in Boeing’s (NYSE:) quality improvement efforts.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat who chairs the aviation subcommittee, said Boeing’s “safety and quality assurances will be meaningless without adequate transparency and accountability.” Boeing unveiled a comprehensive quality improvement plan Thursday after FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker in late February gave Boeing 90 days to develop a comprehensive plan to address “systemic quality control issues.”