US senator urges FAA to ensure accountability in Boeing quality plan By Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. senator overseeing aviation issues on Monday urged the head of the Federal Aviation Administration to require transparency and accountability in Boeing (NYSE:)’s quality turnaround effort.

Senator Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat who chairs a subcommittee on aviation, said “Boeing’s safety and quality assurances will be meaningless without appropriate transparency and accountability.” Boeing on Thursday submitted a comprehensive quality improvement plan after FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker in late February gave Boeing 90 days to develop a comprehensive plan to address “systemic quality-control issues.”