By David Shepardson
Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Reuters) -the head of the Federal Aviation Administration said that Boeing has not yet asked the agency to remove a cap of 38 flat per month at 737 Max production and will assess the Vleyemaker supply chain before making a decision.
De FAA laid the production hood shortly after a mid-air emergency in January 2024 with a new Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 missed four key bolts.
“We want to look at the entire supply chain,” said FAA manager Bryan Bedford Reporters on the sidelines of an air show, who praised Boeing's efforts to improve his culture and add that he would not surprise if Boeing asks to increase the speed.
“I believe it is real, but it is still embryonic,” said Bedford about the improvements of the flat maker. “We want to see long -term trends, healthy workforce, healthy safety culture. And then we want to see real factory improvements.”
Boeing did not comment immediately.
De FAA has expanded a program in May by three years with which Boeing can perform a few tasks on behalf of the Agency, such as inspections, and said that the flat ceremony had made improvements.
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said in May that the flat maker “Free confident” is that it can increase the production of his best -selling 737 Max Jets to 42 a month.
Bedford also notes that the FAA is currently considering certify the smallest and largest Max variants – the max 7 and max 10. Bedford said that Boeing realizes that it is good to do the first time “actually the cheapest way to make the plane …. I think they see real value in changing the defect Taria.”
But he is not ready to relieve supervision. “It's all trending in the right direction. It is all very encouraging, but we are a long way to say that we can drop our guard,” said Bedford.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Edit by Chris Reese and Diane Craft)
