Boeing: How much trouble is the company in? - BBC News

The US plane giant is under pressure from regulators and airlines, and its reputation is badly damaged.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Alaska AirlinesImage caption, January's mid-air blowout involved an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9, such as this oneBy Theo LeggettBusiness correspondent, BBC News"It's as if I'm watching a troubled child" is how Captain Dennis Tajer describes flying a Boeing 737 Max.

The head of the Allied Pilots Association, the pilots union for American Airlines, insists he would never board an aircraft if it were not safe.

But he says he can no longer take the quality of the plane he's flying for granted.

"I'm at an alert status that I've never had to be in on a Boeing airplane," he says.

"Because I don't trust that they've followed the processes that have previously kept me safe on Boeing airplanes for over three decades."

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