Ryanair doubles number of engineers overseeing Boeing’s production lines
Ryanair has doubled the number of its engineers overseeing Boeing’s production lines following the manufacturing problems that have plagued the US plane maker. The Irish airline, which is one of the largest customers of Boeing’s 737 Max narrow-body aircraft used for short-haul flights, increased the number of engineers it has on site at the US group’s production line just outside Seattle, from six to 12. Ryanair has also raised the number of engineers on the production line of Spirit AeroSystems, one of Boeing’s largest suppliers, from four to eight. “We all as an industry want to be seen to be investing more in quality control and what is coming off the line,” said Ryanair CE Michael O’Leary on Tuesday. O’Leary said Boeing had last week asked Ryanair to increase its oversight, and that the plane maker had also pledged to add more of its own engineers working on “quality control”. “To be fair to Boeing, from last September they have significantly increased the number of engineers on quality control. I would have to say we have seen a marked improvement in the quality of aircraft deliveries,” he said. Ryanair only flies Boeing aircraft, and has an order book of more than 400 new aircraft, made up of 737-Max 8 and the yet to be certified Max-10. The airline does not operate any Max 9 aircraft, currently the focus of a federal investigation after a damaging fuselage breach of an Alaska Airlines aircraft 11 days ago. The Federal Aviation Authority has grounded 171 of the Max 9 aircraft pending inspections of the production lines as well as suppliers. Boeing said on Monday it would allow customers of the Max into its factories to review its procedures as the plane maker scrambles to contain the fallout from the incident. <br/>
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Ryanair doubles number of engineers overseeing Boeing’s production lines
Ryanair has doubled the number of its engineers overseeing Boeing’s production lines following the manufacturing problems that have plagued the US plane maker. The Irish airline, which is one of the largest customers of Boeing’s 737 Max narrow-body aircraft used for short-haul flights, increased the number of engineers it has on site at the US group’s production line just outside Seattle, from six to 12. Ryanair has also raised the number of engineers on the production line of Spirit AeroSystems, one of Boeing’s largest suppliers, from four to eight. “We all as an industry want to be seen to be investing more in quality control and what is coming off the line,” said Ryanair CE Michael O’Leary on Tuesday. O’Leary said Boeing had last week asked Ryanair to increase its oversight, and that the plane maker had also pledged to add more of its own engineers working on “quality control”. “To be fair to Boeing, from last September they have significantly increased the number of engineers on quality control. I would have to say we have seen a marked improvement in the quality of aircraft deliveries,” he said. Ryanair only flies Boeing aircraft, and has an order book of more than 400 new aircraft, made up of 737-Max 8 and the yet to be certified Max-10. The airline does not operate any Max 9 aircraft, currently the focus of a federal investigation after a damaging fuselage breach of an Alaska Airlines aircraft 11 days ago. The Federal Aviation Authority has grounded 171 of the Max 9 aircraft pending inspections of the production lines as well as suppliers. Boeing said on Monday it would allow customers of the Max into its factories to review its procedures as the plane maker scrambles to contain the fallout from the incident. <br/>
