A day after the president of an American pilots union called on Boeing to “stop blaming dead pilots,” controversy continued to reverberate around some U.S. claims that pilot error may have been a major factor in the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes.
Pilots for American Airlines and other carriers were falsely reassured last November about how the warning light operated.
From the flight’s first moments, a false sensor signal had activated the “stick shaker,” vibrating the control column as a stall warning, and giving the pilot alerts that their airspeed, altitude and pitch readings were unreliable.
The new openings include maintenance technicians, airport operations, customer service, cargo specialists, flight attendants and pilots, with three-quarters of the jobs in Washington state.
The trouble started with a wait of almost two hours on the ground in Boston in an uncomfortably warm plane.
No frontline employees will be laid off, a spokeswoman said.
Boeing's leadership privately believes the government's grounding of the company's flagship 787 Dreamliner was an unnecessarily drastic step, but its defensive attitude isn't sitting well with some customers and it risks alienating regulators.
Boeing's leadership privately believes the government's grounding of the company's flagship 787 Dreamliner was an unnecessarily drastic step, but its defensive attitude isn't sitting well with some customers and it risks alienating regulators.
Alaska Air Group said today that Bill Ayer, who has been with the company for 30 years and CEO for a decade, is retiring and will be replaced by Brad Tilden, president of its Alaska Airlines subsidiary.
Alaska Air Group said today that Bill Ayer, who has been with the company for 30 years and CEO for a decade, is retiring and will be replaced by Brad Tilden, president of its Alaska Airlines subsidiary.
