A message to Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci from a flight attendant

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“When a wheel comes off a Boeing airplane, that’s a United incident, not a Boeing incident. When a windshield cracks, that happens whether it’s a Boeing plane or an Airbus plane.'

Injuries from turbulence. Not Boeing's fault.

by ⁦Paige Cornwell⁩ seattletimes.com/business/boein…

Update: GE Aerospace CEO Larry Culp announced on LinkedIn today that GE Aerospace CCO John Slattery will be stepping down in June.

Airbus pulls further ahead as Boeing struggles

Airbus delivered more than twice as many jets as its U.S. rival in March, with Boeing slowed by efforts to contain 737 quality issues

Adding to Boeing’s woes, zero 777s delivered in Q1 - supply chain problem
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A radio interview on KUOW's Seattle Now about the state of Boeing.

This follows my Sunday story and was recorded before the latest whistleblower surfaced on Tuesday.

My part starts about two minutes in.
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STORY SUBSTANTIALLY UPDATED

New Boeing whistleblower alleges serious structural flaws on 787 and 777 jets

* Boeing's response on the 787 allegations

* Detail on the 777 allegations

* More on the whistleblower and his motivation

* What the FAA says

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New Boeing whistleblower alleges serious structural flaws on 787 and 777 jets seattletimes.com/business/boein… via The Seattle Times

Another big cash flow logjam for Boeing:

No deliveries of 777s in the first quarter due to GE-90 engine supply issue

Finally one 777 was delivered this afternoon to Eva Air of Taiwan. The jet is now en route to Taiwan.

by Julie Johnsson
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Absolutely right.
My 2022 story on the Alaska incident:
Many instances of the fan cowl door ripping off because a mechanic failed to re-latch the doors properly

And yes, it was more common on the A320 than the 737, forcing Airbus to modify the door latch
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Tracing the arc of Boeing’s fall back a quarter century and pointing to recovery

* the GE influence
* the Darth Vader CEO
* the legacy culture
* a former senior exec and longtime employees weigh in
* the biz school rethink
* 2 potential dramatic gestures
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But first, today's daily news on Boeing:

Details from today's proxy filing with the SEC on Boeing leadership's compensation last year.

CEO Calhoun got $23.6 million seattletimes.com/business/boein…

Covering the Boeing news deluge almost every day, I didn't find time til this week to write a step-back piece about what went so badly wrong at Boeing over more than two decades & what can be done to fix it.

Non-aerospace media have piled on.

My story coming in Sunday's paper.

Podcast: Making Sense Of Boeing's Leadership Shake-Up

Aviation Week's top talent discusses the leadership crisis at Boeing.

Transcript is below the audio. aviationweek.com/podcasts/check…

NTSB issues its initial finding on the United Airlines' 737 MAX 8 that slid off the runway last month in Houston:

While taxiing, the plane's left main landing gear hit a large concrete “manhole” designed as an electrical junction box for lights/utilities at the airport.

Boeing, Airbus exploring framework to divvy up Spirit Aero's operations, sources say reuters.com/markets/deals/…

The first round-the-world voyage by air, a six-month U.S. military feat, began and ended in Seattle 100 years ago.

Boeing has paid Alaska Airlines $160 million in initial compensation for the blowout of a panel during flight

The airline expects a bigger loss in Q1 than Wall Street projected seattletimes.com/business/boein…

As legal pressure grows, lawyers will put 'a lot of pointed questions” to Boeing and Alaska, and will ask Boeing executives to testify, including CEO Dave Calhoun, former Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal and COO Stephanie Pope.

by Lauren Rosenblatt seattletimes.com/business/boein…

Perfect lighting, perfect timing. #MountainMonday

Photo: @ aviate_ty

NEW Boeing news: DOJ will meet with the families of victims of deadly MAX 8 crashes this month as it considers moving forward with criminal claim.

And, FBI has started interviewing passengers from Alaska Flight 1282 following door plug blow out

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