The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed $1.25 million in civil penalties against The Boeing Company, accusing the aircraft manufacturer of exerting undue pressure on FAA designees at a Boeing facility in South Carolina and of interfering with their work.
The FAA said, in a statement issued Wednesday, that the violations involved work in the Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) program, which allows Boeing to perform some functions ─ such as aircraft inspections and the issuance of airworthiness certificates ─ on the FAA’s behalf.
Boeing builds 787 aircraft at the South Carolina site.
The FAA proposed two separate civil penalties. A $1.07 million proposed penalty alleges that the manufacturer “implemented an improper structure” of its FAA-approved ODA program.
“Between November 2017 and July 2019, employees in two ODA units reported to managers who were not in approved ODA management positions,” the FAA said. “Boeing failed to ensu…
