Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury is criticizing his company's only competitor, Boeing, for its recent series of safety and quality control problems.
At the Europe 2024 Conference in Berlin, Faury reportedly said he is “not happy” with the headwinds Boeing is facing regarding its aircraft production process, according to a report. recent report from Reuters.
“I'm not happy with my competitor's problems,” Faury said at the conference. “They are not good for the industry as a whole.”
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He also added that “quality and safety are the top priority” in the aviation industry.
Boeing has been under the Federal Aviation Administration's microscope since an Alaska Airlines flight on Jan. 5 had to make an emergency landing after a door plug flew off the Boeing 737 Max 9 plane mid-flight. Boeing was later hit with a multibillion-dollar class action lawsuit. lawsuit of the passengers on the flight who were traumatized by the incident.
In the FAA's investigation into Boeing's safety and quality control practices, it found “noncompliance issues” in the company's “manufacturing process control, parts handling and storage, and product control.”
According to a recent report According to the New York Times, the FAA discovered during a series of audits that mechanics at Spirit AeroSystems, a company that helps Boeing produce the 737 Max, allegedly used a hotel key card to “check a door seal.” on a 737 Max aircraft and used Dawn Liquid Dish Soap as a lubricant for the door seal.
Of the FAA's 89 product audits, which examined Boeing's production process, Boeing reportedly passed only 56 and failed 33 of them, according to the Times.
Consumer confidence in Boeing planes has fallen in recent months following the planemaker's incident at Alaska Airlines in January, and a plethora of other safety incidents that followed. According to a recent survey According to Morning Consultant, American adults' net trust in Boeing was just 9 percentage points in February, down 16 points from December.
The survey also found that business and first class travelers gave Boeing a net trust rating of 16 points, representing a decrease of 26 points from the fourth quarter of 2023.
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