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☆ Boeing is celebrating the latest employee to come forward with dirt on the company 'for doing the right thing'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Boeing is lauding an employee who reported a lapse with the 787 Dreamliner's safety checks. A senior Boeing executive said the employee should be celebrated for doing the "right thing." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe Boeing employee who raised an issue with the 787 Dreamliner's quality checks to his superiors did the "right thing," a senior executive of the company said last week. "I wanted to personally thank and commend that teammate for doing the right thing," Scott Stocker, who heads the 787 manufacturing program, said in an internal memo on April 29.

Persons: —, Scott Stocker, " Stocker Organizations: Boeing, Service, Business

☆ Boeing faces scrutiny in Senate hearings over aircraft safety and quality
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Boeing 's safety and quality were under fire again in two Senate hearings on Wednesday as the manufacturer faces mounting scrutiny after a midair door blowout and near catastrophe on one of its planes in January. A Boeing engineer-turned-whistleblower testified before a Senate panel, reiterating his allegations that the planemaker cut corners to move wide-body planes through the production line, despite flaws. "I believe that Boeing can do better and that the public's trust in Boeing can be restored," he said in prepared remarks to the Senate Homeland Security committee ahead of the hearing "Examining Boeing's Broken Safety Culture: Firsthand Accounts." New plane deliveries from Boeing have slowed as the Federal Aviation Administration ramps up its scrutiny on the company's production lines. A separate hearing, before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday, addressed Boeing's safety culture after a report issued earlier this year from an expert panel ordered by Congress found a "disconnect" between Boeing's senior management and other members of the organization on safety culture.

Persons: Richard Blumenthal, Sam Salehpour, shim, Scott Kirby, CNBC's, Dave Calhoun Organizations: Boeing, Senate Homeland Security, Governmental, Investigations, Senate Homeland, United Airlines, Max, Alaska Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration, Senate, Congress Locations: Washington ,

☆ See inside the over $1.5 million luxury buses celebrities like Drake and Doja Cat live in while they tour around the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The company says it rents its 190 luxury tour buses to musicians like Drake, Doja Cat, and Olivia Rodrigo. You'll definitely recognize some of Dreamliner's clientsThe company's CEO says Doja Cat, Travis Scott, and Tool are currently on tour using Dreamliner's buses. In 2020, founder Rich Thomson purchased 12 tour buses from an individual who needed to get out of a personal guarantee. Dreamliner Luxury CoachesDreamliner's rendering shows a hotel room on wheels that looks just like a traditional bedroom. Dreamliner Luxury CoachesDreamliner's CEO says these post-conversion coaches are worth $1.5 million to $2 million each.

Persons: Drake, Doja, Olivia Rodrigo, —, you've, Dreamliner, Doja Cat, Travis Scott, Rich Thomson, Kenny Chesney, Chris Stapleton —, Jeremy Maul, he's, Maul, Taylor Swift's, Michael Jordan, Zach Bryans, Thomson, Taylor, Dreamliner's, Hemphill, there's, Justin Timberlake Organizations: Service, Jet, Greyhound, Coaches, NBA, NFL, Brothers Coach Company Locations: The Nashville , Tennessee, Dreamliner, Dreamliner's, Nashville, Fontana , California

The problem involves a fitting for the 787's horizontal stabilizer installed by a Boeing production facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, the company said. Boeing, which announced last week that it had increased 787 production from three to four jets a month, said the issue has not caused a halt in 787 production. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement it had validated Boeing's assessment that there was no immediate safety issue for 787s already in service. Boeing stopped 787 deliveries at multiple points during that period, resuming them last August after agreeing to an FAA-approved modification plan for Dreamliners in the company's inventory. In March, the FAA said it would allow Boeing to restart 787 deliveries, as the U.S. planemaker had addressed concerns.

Persons: Gavin McIntyre, planemaker, Dreamliners, Jefferies, Sheila Kahyaoglu, Dave Calhoun, Valerie Insinna, David Shepardson, Will Dunham, Deepa Babington, Jamie Freed Organizations: Boeing, REUTERS, U.S . Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Thomson Locations: North Charleston , South Carolina, U.S, REUTERS WASHINGTON, Salt Lake City , Utah, Washington

Boeing, which announced last week that it had increased 787 production from three to four jets a month, said the issue has not caused a halt in 787 production. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said has validated the Boeing's assessment that there is no immediate safety issue for 787s already in service. Boeing stopped 787 deliveries at multiple points during that period, resuming them last August after agreeing to an FAA-approved modification plan for Dreamliners in the company's inventory. The company faced yet another 787 delivery stoppage in February after Boeing found a data analysis error regarding forward pressure bulkhead that was unrelated to the shimming problem. In March, the FAA said it would allow Boeing to restart 787 deliveries, as the U.S. planemaker had addressed concerns.

Persons: Gavin McIntyre, Dreamliners, planemaker, Dave Calhoun, Valerie Insinna, David Shepardson, Will Dunham, Deepa Babington Organizations: Boeing, REUTERS, U.S . Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Thomson Locations: North Charleston , South Carolina, U.S, REUTERS WASHINGTON, Salt Lake City , Utah, Washington

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