Leading U.S. airlines seek meeting with Boeing over quality-control problems

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Leading U.S. airlines seek meeting with Boeing over quality-control problems
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The heads of leading U.S. airlines want to meet with Boeing and hear the aircraft manufacturer’s strategy for fixing quality-control problems. The meeting is likely to take place next week. Boeing CEO David Calhoun is not expected to meet with the airline officials, and Boeing has offered to send its chairman, former Continental Airlines CEO Lawrence Kellner, and other board members. Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 plane has in-flight windshield crack during landing at PDX. The company's chief financial officer, Brian West, said that the slowdown in aircraft production would cause Boeing to burn through $4 billion to $4.5 billion in cash flow during the first quarter.

The heads of leading U.S. airlines want to meet with Boeing and hear the aircraft manufacturer’s strategy for fixing quality-control problems . The meeting is likely to take place next week. Boeing CEO David Calhoun is not expected to meet with the airline officials, and Boeing has offered to send its chairman, former Continental Airlines CEO Lawrence Kellner, and other board members. Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 plane has in-flight windshield crack during landing at PDX.

The company's chief financial officer, Brian West, said that the slowdown in aircraft production would cause Boeing to burn through $4 billion to $4.5 billion in cash flow during the first quarter

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