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FAA needs to make sure sufficient safety metrics before Boeing 737 MAX production can grow, FAA states

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration stated Tuesday the company should ensure the planemaker's security procedures are appropriate before it will lift its 737 MAX production cap.

FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker stated he raised the issue with Boeing's brand-new chief executive Kelly Ortberg and desires to ensure the planemaker follows through on its quality turnaround strategy.

There have been thorough strategies before, so I believe the goal now is we truly need to ensure that that's executed, Whitaker said at a market conference. We have actually topped production-- that was my very first discussion with the brand-new CEO. We need to make sure the security metrics are exactly where they need to be to grow.

Whitaker

in late February offered Boeing 90 days

to develop a thorough strategy to attend to systemic. quality-control issues after the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines. Boeing 737 MAX 9 in-flight emergency. Whitaker after the. event took the extraordinary action of topping Boeing's 737. MAX production at 38 aircrafts monthly and has ramped up. in-person oversight.

Boeing delivered

the quality plan on May 30

. Whitaker stated he would hold quarterly meetings with. Boeing's CEO beginning in September in Seattle. Whitaker said. Tuesday he plans to quickly hold that conference.

Whitaker also noted the Justice Department has actually taken an. interest in Boeing so they're likewise implementing monitoring. protocols. Boeing in July

accepted plead guilty

to a criminal scams conspiracy charge and pay at least. $ 243.6 million.

Ortberg, who took control of on Aug. 8 as CEO,

said in a worker e-mail last month

after a meeting with Whitaker of the company's focus on. true culture change, empowering workers to speak out when they. see prospective concerns and bringing the right resources together. to solve them..

(source: Reuters)