Triggering NYT article about Boeing
I know, people like to brush off concerns about Boeing, but a new article in the New York Times is scaring me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/boeing-inspections-faa.html
Relevant excerpts:
"A hearing on Wednesday into the fatal crash of a UPS cargo plane revealed that Boeing had sought to loosen inspection requirements for a crucial component on the type of jet that crashed, even as the company possessed inspection reports suggesting that the component should be checked more frequently...
The F.A.A., which oversees the airline industry, said at the hearing that the agency never received the reports...
Tuesday’s testimony indicated that infrequent maintenance requirements, siloed inspection information and ignorance among line mechanics and other key people about longstanding warnings had made it less likely that the failed bearing would be found...
The agency then required that the 104 components of the pylon attachment be inspected after every 19,900 flight legs, or cycles.
In 2015, Boeing received approval from the F.A.A. to stretch out inspections to every 29,200 cycles.
However, at the time, Boeing had at least six reports between 2002 and 2009 of bearings failing on planes that had flown far fewer cycles than the new limit. One bearing failure in 2002 had occurred at 8,515 cycles."