Boeing appointed Kelly Ortberg as its next chief executive officer, entrusting a retired veteran of the aviation industry with one of the most complex turnaround challenges in corporate America trib.al/nA5YgX1

Boeing's new CEO Kelly Ortberg faces a mountain of challenges that stand in the way of his mission: restoring lost swagger at the American airplane manufacturer trib.al/IcyBGgw

ICYMI: story from earlier this morning on DOT proposal to prohibit airlines from charging parents a fee to sit next to their young children on US flights. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

US aviation regulators proposed a directive to require maintenance record checks or inspections of some of Boeing Co.’s 787 Dreamliners after the planemaker reported a missed test on a part for the main landing gear. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

CrowdStrike says the leadership of Delta failed to respond to an offer for assistance in the wake of last month’s catastrophic system outage trib.al/feONEjb

NTSB releases witness lineup & agenda for investigative hearing into the inflight blowout of a door plug on a Boeing 737-9 MAX, operated as Alaska Airlines Flight 1282: ntsb.gov/news/press-rel… Agenda & Witness List: ntsb.gov/news/events/Do…

Our story on today's NTSB hearing on the Boeing door plug accident. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Day 2 of NTSB's hearing into Boeing door plug blowout....One worker representative said procedures and instructions for ensuring quality have been changed so much that they've become "ambiguous and open to misinterpretation" bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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NASA is working with Elon Musk’s SpaceX on plans to return two astronauts to Earth in the event that they’re unable to travel on the troubled Boeing craft that initially carried them to space. trib.al/ZLHko6T

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said he’ll walk the main factory floor near Seattle on his first day and relocate to the city to renew the bond with workers stung by crisis trib.al/xumqA2S

ICYMI: US aviation regulators should conduct more surprise audits and inspections at Boeing’s factories to get an unvarnished look at its manufacturing processes, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

IAM/Boeing Contract 2024 Negotiations Update - August 15, 2024 For the first time, IAM District 751 President Jon Holden and District W24 President Brandon Bryant had the opportunity to meet with Boeing's new CEO, Kelly Ortberg, between today's bargaining sessions. While Ortberg

The rewards programs of the four largest US air carriers — Delta Air Lines Inc., American Airlines Group Inc., United Airlines Holdings Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co. — are being probed by the US Department of Transportation. w/ Mary Schlangenstein bloomberg.com/news/articles/…