{"id":4052,"date":"2019-03-19T11:01:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T16:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=4052"},"modified":"2019-03-19T11:01:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T16:01:58","slug":"letter-from-dennis-muilenburg-to-airlines-passengers-and-the-aviation-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=4052","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Dennis Muilenburg to Airlines, Passengers, and the Aviation Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We know lives depend on the work we do, and our teams embrace that responsibility with a deep sense of commitment every day. Our purpose at Boeing is to bring family, friends and loved ones together with our commercial airplanes\u2014safely. The tragic losses of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610 affect us all, uniting people and nations in shared grief for all those in mourning. Our hearts are heavy, and we continue to extend our deepest sympathies to the loved ones of the passengers and crew on board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safety is at the core of who we are at Boeing, and ensuring safe and\n reliable travel on our airplanes is an enduring value and our absolute\n commitment to everyone. This overarching focus on safety spans and \nbinds together our entire global aerospace industry and communities. \nWe\u2019re united with our airline customers, international regulators and \ngovernment authorities in our efforts to support the most recent \ninvestigation, understand the facts of what happened and help prevent \nfuture tragedies. Based on facts from the Lion Air Flight 610 accident \nand emerging data as it becomes available from the Ethiopian Airlines \nFlight 302 accident, we\u2019re taking actions to fully ensure the safety of\n the 737 MAX. We also understand and regret the challenges for our \ncustomers and the flying public caused by the fleet\u2019s grounding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work is progressing thoroughly and rapidly to learn more about the \nEthiopian Airlines accident and understand the information from the \nairplane\u2019s cockpit voice and flight data recorders. Our team is on-site\n with investigators to support the investigation and provide technical \nexpertise. The Ethiopia Accident Investigation Bureau will determine \nwhen and how it\u2019s appropriate to release additional details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boeing has been in the business of aviation safety for more than 100\n years, and we\u2019ll continue providing the best products, training and \nsupport to our global airline customers and pilots. This is an ongoing \nand relentless commitment to make safe airplanes even safer. Soon we\u2019ll\n release a software update and related pilot training for the 737 MAX \nthat will address concerns discovered in the aftermath of the Lion Air \nFlight 610 accident. We\u2019ve been working in full cooperation with the \nU.S. Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Transportation \nand the National Transportation Safety Board on all issues relating to \nboth the Lion Air and the Ethiopian Airlines accidents since the Lion \nAir accident occurred in October last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our entire team is devoted to the quality and safety of the aircraft\n we design, produce and support. I\u2019ve dedicated my entire career to \nBoeing, working shoulder to shoulder with our amazing people and \ncustomers for more than three decades, and I personally share their \ndeep sense of commitment. Recently, I spent time with our team members \nat our 737 production facility in Renton, Wash., and once again saw \nfirsthand the pride our people feel in their work and the pain we\u2019re \nall experiencing in light of these tragedies. The importance of our work\n demands the utmost integrity and excellence\u2014that\u2019s what I see in our \nteam, and we\u2019ll never rest in pursuit of it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our mission is to connect people and nations, protect freedom, \nexplore our world and the vastness of space, and inspire the next \ngeneration of aerospace dreamers and doers\u2014and we\u2019ll fulfill that \nmission only by upholding and living our values. That\u2019s what safety \nmeans to us. Together, we\u2019ll keep working to earn and keep the trust \npeople have placed in Boeing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Dennis\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dennis Muilenburg
Chairman, President and CEO
The Boeing Company<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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