{"id":71290,"date":"2024-01-26T15:15:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T15:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/26\/airlines-sharpen-boeing-criticism-expect-aircraft-delivery-delays-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T15:15:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T15:15:55","slug":"airlines-sharpen-boeing-criticism-expect-aircraft-delivery-delays-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/26\/airlines-sharpen-boeing-criticism-expect-aircraft-delivery-delays-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines sharpen Boeing criticism, expect aircraft delivery delays – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Executives of several major U.S. airlines are pledging to hold Boeing accountable in the wake of this month’s inflight emergency, which left the cabin of an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 aircraft exposed after an explosive blowout<\/a> of an emergency exit-size door plug.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the aftermath of the incident is raising questions about whether Boeing \u2014 in the face of new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) scrutiny \u2014 will be able to produce new jets at the pace airlines had hoped.<\/p>\n

Three of the four largest U.S. carriers held their 2023 fourth-quarter earnings calls Thursday and, one by one, each echoed the oft-repeated calls of recent weeks for the aircraft manufacturer to improve its quality control measures.<\/p>\n

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“Boeing needs to get their act together,” American Airlines CEO Robert Isom told analysts on Thursday’s conference call. “The issues they’ve been dealing with over the recent period of time, but also going back a number of years now, is unacceptable.”<\/p>\n

Isom’s comments seemingly were a nod to both the recent incident on an Alaska MAX 9 aircraft and the two overseas crashes of 737 MAX<\/a> jets in 2018 and 2019; though the two crashes were caused by factors unrelated to the Jan. 5 incident, the most recent scare has re-ignited criticism of Boeing from regulators, lawmakers and the company’s airline customers.<\/p>\n

Speaking to analysts Thursday, Alaska CEO Ben Minicucci spoke of “tough, candid conversations” with the manufacturer.<\/p>\n

“Flight 1282 should never have happened,” Minicucci told analysts Thursday during the airline’s first earnings call since the incident on board one of its planes. “It’s not acceptable what happened. We’re going to hold [Boeing] accountable, and we’re going to raise the bar on quality.”<\/p>\n

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