Posted on 04/05/2024 3:43:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Boeing has paid $160 million in compensation to Alaska Airlines for the exit plug blowout on a Jan. 5 Alaska flight out of Portland, Ore.
The figure is equal to the amount Alaska Airlines says it lost in pre-tax profit due to the door plug incident and its aftermath, which included a three-week grounding of Alaska's fleet of 65 Boeing 737 Max 9 planes.
"Additional compensation is expected to be provided beyond Q1, the complete terms of which are confidential," Alaska said in a regulatory filing.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has concluded that the exit door plug, which blew out at 16,000 feet shortly after takeoff, was delivered to Alaska Airlines without four bolts needed to hold it in place.
The incident has sparked lawsuits against Alaska Airlines and Boeing, and has led to a wave of new scrutiny and leadership turnover at Boeing.
Now if only they could afford competent workers
Door Plug meet Butt Plug
They gave Muilenberg $62 million when they fired him...
The joke of this is, whatever “savings” Boeing thought it was generating by this lowest cost contracting out and endless financial based cost cutting, has been dwarfed by just this one payout.
Prioritizing financials, rather than safety and engineering excellence, fails on its own terms.
But they keep doing it because it seems to work in the short term, and douches like Calhoun and Muilenberg keep getting big payouts based on it.
I wonder if Lockheed or Grumman are interested in rejoining the domestic airliner market?
I wish Lockheed would. I loved the L-1011.
Fasteners are racist.
my unreasonable question is: if it came with the required four bolts how did the plane pass inspection after the repear/replacement?
The $40 million bolts.
I loved the Lockheed Tristar. Pilots liked it also.
$160 million. This shows the airlines are making a bundle of money. Probably all in extra fees : )
None of the execs are engineers nor do they work where the planes are made.
“It’s an Empty Executive Suite”
An insider explains what has gone disastrously wrong with Boeing.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/insider-explains-what-has-gone-wrong-with-boeing
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