Ed Pierson, a former Boeing senior manager who blew the whistle on Boeing’s failure to safely produce its 737 MAX aircrafts and ultimately testified before Congress in 2019, has issued a new report in which he argues that major aspects of Boeing’s manufacturing failures remain to be analyzed.  Pierson’s report comes on the heels of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency announcing that Boeing will be allowed to operate its 737 MAX aircrafts in the European Union once again.  Pierson’s new report raises numerous questions about potential remaining 737 MAX defects.

Read the report here and Pierson’s testimony before Congress here.

Last month, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced it had entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (“DPA”) with Boeing to resolve a criminal charge related to a conspiracy to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aircraft Evaluation Group (“FAA AEG”) in connection with FAA AEG’s evaluation of Boeing’s 737 MAX airplane.  Boeing admitted in court documents that it deceived the FAA AEG about an important aircraft part that impacted the flight control system of the Boeing 737 MAX.  Under the terms of the DPA, Boeing will pay a total criminal monetary amount of over $2.5 billion, composed of a criminal monetary penalty of $243.6 million, compensation payments to Boeing’s 737 MAX airline customers of $1.77 billion, and the establishment of a $500 million crash-victim beneficiaries’ fund.

Read the DOJ press release here.