Boeing Employee Safety Independence Under Review by U.S. FAA

  • Regulator notified Boeing in letter of new company review
  • FAA found some Boeing employees worried about transparency
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U.S. aviation regulators are opening a new review of Boeing Co. after a survey of company engineers found a sizable percentage said they couldn’t raise safety concerns without interference.

A survey conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration from May through July found that 35% of Boeing employees interviewed raised issues of conflicts of interest and a lack of independence, according to a to the company released by the agency Tuesday. The letter, from the head of the FAA division overseeing the company, was dated Aug. 19.