The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday it would renew a program that allows Boeing to perform tasks on behalf of the agency for three years. Boeing’s Organization Designation ...

Safety regulators will continue allowing Boeing to self-inspect some tasks in its factories, extending a controversial oversight program for another three years.

The Organization Designation Authorization - known as ODA - program allows an independent unit within Boeing to perform FAA-delegated tasks like inspections and approving repairs. In May 2022 ...

The new report found “a disconnect between Boeing’s senior management and other members of the organization on safety culture. Interviewees, including ODA unit members, also questioned whether ...

Boeing has since vowed an increased focus on safety, with the results of the anonymous survey of around 1,000 ODA unit members offering a snapshot of the company’s progress. The 26-question ...

“But our union is fighting retaliation cases on a regular basis, and in this specific case, Boeing is trying to hide information that would shed light on what happened.” Case involves ODA ...

That program — called Organization Designation Authorization, or ODA — has been heavily scrutinized over the last several years, and has been portrayed as allowing Boeing too much control of ...

Boeing, to date, shows little sign of having ... That means funding in-house FAA Safety Inspectors, sunsetting ODA and revamping ticket tax funding and FAA oversight procedures.

April 2 (UPI) --Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg will testify Wednesday before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation to face questions on how the company is addressing production ...