Boeing CEO David Calhoun will tell a Senate hearing that his company's culture is 'far from perfect' amid new whistleblower allegations.
Boeing CEO David Calhoun is slated to face a Congressional grilling on Tuesday in his first appearance before lawmakers since a panel blew out of a 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. Calhoun will tell the Senate investigations subcommittee that the culture is 'far from perfect' — just as two new whistleblowers have emerged. According to prepared remarks shared by Boeing ahead of the 2 p.m.
However, Boeing did not reduce these inspector roles, has grown our Quality team and has increased the number of inspections per airplane significantly since 2019,' the company said in a statement at the time.Whistleblower claimsIn a Senate report about the whistleblower claims, Mohawk alleges that when Boeing restarted production of the 737 Max after two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019 there was 'a 300% increase' in reports about parts that did not meet manufacturer standards.
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