Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg promises “do it right”

CEO Boeing Kelly Ortberg On Wednesday, it told the legislators on the Capitolian hill that the company would not increase production until a stable production system.

Despite the fact that over the years, Ortberg, which outlined the company’s progress in improving the security standards before the Senate Committee, said the company was working “to do it right” when the company is trying to repair its reputation after a number of crises.

In January 2024, a new Boeing 737 MAX door connect Alaska Airlines Flight after the plane left the Boeing object without installed key bolts. After the 2024 incident, the Federal Aviation Administration restricted the production of Boeing 737 Max in 38 a month.

The door size section near the back of Alaska Boeing 737-9 Max blew up 10 minutes after the 1282 flight left Portland, Oregon, January 5, 2024 on the way to Ontario, California. (NTSB via Getty Images / Getty Images)

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During the broad hearing, Ortberg addressed the Committee on the negative consequences that may have national security delays and commercial operations.

However, Ortberg, who took the helm in August, said the company would not rush with this process. While customers are disappointed that the company was late for shipping aircraft, “they also know what we should do it right,” he said.

Ortberg said the company is still “getting into a stable system” and that there is no solid date when it returns to the “38-month rate”.

April 2, 2025 in Washington, Colombia (Win McNamee / Getty Images / Getty Images)

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“I suspect it will be if you are either this year,” Ortberg said. “I hope that there is production rates or production stability allow us to go.”

“I have 100% support in them correctly. I am not going to push the planes and eventually arise additional problems,” he continued, adding that his clients were stuck with them.

If the company’s production system is stable, the company will move in production. However, Ortberg noted that he did not think that the company “if -it gets to speed if people have their planes when they initially ordered them.”

However, “I think our customers understand that they work with us and we want you to be successful,” he added.

On June 25, 2024, Boeing 737 Max planes were assembled at a company in Rentan, Washington. (Jennifer Bucken/Pool via Reuters/File Photo/Reuters Photos)

Ortberg was pressed to replace Dave Calhun and turn The production giant of the aircraft The reputational crisis and financial tension after a number of high -profile accidents involving its planes.

Transport Secretary Sean Dafa said Boeing lost confidence in the American people after the incident with the door and two deadly accidents in 2018 and 2019, which killed 346 people.

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However manufacturer of aircraft caught the break last month After the US Military -Air Force chose the aerospace giant to build and deliver its next set of fighters, knocking out other leading aerospace companies, namely Lockheed Martin.

The graphic artist’s rendering shows the sixth-generation Air Force, F-47, which will be built by Boeing. (US Air Force / Fox News graphics)

Stephen Soros Fox Business contributed to this report.