Duffy Says Boeing Needs ‘Tough Love’

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Appearing Federal Aviation Administrator Chris Rocheleau lately toured Boeing’s manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, on Thursday.

Throughout an interview with Fox News, he stated Boeing wanted some “robust love” to earn again the American public’s belief.

“Whether or not it was the airplane crashes from a number of years in the past or the door plug problem, they’ve misplaced belief,” he stated through the interview. “They’ve to try how they’re manufacturing. They’ve to have a look at their high quality. They need to get it as much as a spot the place the FAA, the American individuals and the airways really feel like they’re producing extremely secure airplanes that you simply, me, our household and our buddies all fly on.”

Duffy added that Boeing’s concentrate on its quarterly studies and shareholders has induced the enterprise to lose sight of its quality standards. Nonetheless, he stated new management on the firm is working to convey that high quality again.

“I requested the CEO for entry, not simply to the road [at the Renton Facility] … however to the workers as nicely,” he stated. “I used to be provided that entry and bought to stroll the road from sooner or later to the subsequent as an airplane is manufactured. I used to be capable of discuss to workers as they did their jobs. It was heartening to listen to how they perceive that they should enhance the standard of the work that occurs right here at Boeing.”

Boeing’s 737 MAX 7 out of the paint store in Renton (Photograph: AirlineGeeks | Chuyi Chuang)

The Federal Aviation Administration established a rule in January 2024 that limits Boeing to producing a most of 38 737 MAX plane per thirty days.

Easing Restrictions?

When requested what it might take to raise the restrictions on what number of plane Boeing can produce month-to-month, Duffy stated the corporate wants to fulfill its security plan and make sure the stage of plane high quality requested by the FAA.

Yesterday, @SecDuffy and I visited Boeing’s Renton, Washington, manufacturing unit as a part of our dedication to make sure they’re executing its complete security motion plan. I additionally met and thanked FAA security inspectors – our boots on the bottom to verify Boeing fixes its high quality… pic.twitter.com/k99YUr2eNP

— Chris Rocheleau (@FAA_Chris) March 14, 2025

“As soon as they try this, we’re going to need to take a threat on them and we’re going to have to extend the variety of planes they produce,” he stated. “However we’re not there but on the FAA and DOT, but additionally Boeing’s not there both. So we’re going to proceed to observe and analyze.”

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