A “disconnect” on the role of safety culture exists between Boeing’s senior managers and front-line workers, with “inadequate and confusing implementation” of the components of a positive safety culture, according to an outside panel named by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to review the company’s safety management processes.
The panel’s final report, released Monday by the FAA, contained 54 recommendations, some to Boeing and others to the FAA, intended to strengthen the company’s safety culture.
The panel was assembled in response to a 2020 law enacted after two fatal crashes of the 737 MAX — the Oct. 29, 2018, crash of Lion Air Flight 610 after takeoff from Jakarta, Indonesia, which killed all 189 passengers and crew, and the March 10, 2019, crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which crashed after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing all 15…
