All of this is stoking fresh worries about the state of air travel — and what lawmakers are doing about it. Shortly after the door plug blowout, Whitaker toured Boeing’s factory floor, where he said nobody uttered the words “safety” or “quality” for the first 45 minutes. “That’s a very long-term, culture change project,” Whitaker said Wednesday, adding this is …
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