Ex-Boeing Manager Says He Would 'Absolutely Not Fly' A Max Plane
LOADING ERROR LOADING A former Boeing manager said that he would “absolutely not fly” a Max plane, as the manufacturing giant’s CEO on Wednesday conceded that the company will have to earn back people’s trust following an accident on an Alaska Airlines flight last month. The incident prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to ground all 737 Max 9 planes in the country for weeks, leading to thousands of flights getting canceled by Alaska Airlines and United Airlines — which found loose bolts and other “installation issues” on some its Max 9s — while also raising serious concerns about Boeing. Ed Pierson, who was previously employed as senior manager at the company, told the Los Angeles Times that the choice to allow Max 9s back in the skies following an inspection and maintenance process was “another example of poor decision making, and it risks the public safety.” Pierson said that he saw red flags around Boeing’s approach to manufacturing when he was working at the company, before two crashes involving Max 8s in 2018 and 2019. “I would absolutely not fly a Max airplane,” he said in the Times’ report, published Tuesday.
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