Pete Buttigieg says no timeline for return of aircraft as Alaska Airlines announces cancellation of 110-150 flights each day

The US transportation secretary announced on Wednesday afternoon that no grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 would return to service “until it is safe”, after Alaska Airlines announced the cancellation of all flights on its 737 Max 9 planes at the direction of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Pete Buttigieg said he was “not putting a timeline” on when the FAA will allow the planes to resume flights.

Every plane that the US aircraft manufacturer delivers “needs to be 100% safe”, Buttigieg added.

He said he has spoken to the head of Boeing and told him the company needs to do everything it can to establish 100% confidence in its planes.

  • @Potatos_are_not_friends
    8•11 months ago

    I don’t understand the ultra anti business vibe these days. If a company has to do lay offs (like Spotify) because they over predicted growth, it’s up in arms for the worker getting screwed due corporate greed

    1. Boeing gets bailed out with gov money because it’s “too big to fail”
    2. Boeing used that money for stock buybacks
    3. Boeing’s quality went down. This ain’t the “that’s weird”, this is people’s LIVES. People die if there’s quality errors.
    4. Boeing lied about MCAS and 300 people paid the price.
    5. This is ANOTHER incident of shotty work

    This isn’t anti business. Their management is fucking corrupt