Boeing CE blasts media in internal memo on crash response

Boeing CE Dennis Muilenburg chastised media outlets in an internal memo to employees last week over what he characterized as false reporting on Boeing’s alleged lack of communication about the function of the 737 Max’s maneuvering characteristics augmentation system. In the memo, Muilenburg called “simply untrue” reports that Boeing withheld information about the potential for the automated stall protection system to force the airplane’s nose downward in the event it detects the danger of a stall and emphasised that the model’s flight crew operations manual describes the relevant function. Adding that media speculation has introduced false assumptions, Boeing’s CE also stressed the company’s regular engagement with customers about how to operate the company’s airplanes safely. <br/>