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Alaska Air CEO Says Boeing Quality Is Improving Under New Leader
- Carrier’s employees are in Boeing Washington plant every day
- Planemaker is ‘making a ton of changes,’ Ben Minicucci says
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Alaska Air Group Inc.’s top executive said quality processes at Boeing Co. are beginning to improve, nearly a year after a frightening in-flight accident at the carrier sent the planemaker into crisis.
“We’re holding the quality bar extremely high on Boeing,” Alaska Chief Executive Officer Ben Minicucci said in an interview with Bloomberg Monday. “Are they where they need to be? No, but we are seeing an improving trend in those quality processes. They’re making a ton of changes.”