Se reveló the millionaire amount that Boeing dutyá pay as a fine both for the fatal Lion Air and Ethiopian accidents and for the certification processón of the 737 MAX.
Boeing anunció what did I signó an agreement with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), that resolves the investigationón of the Department in relationón with the certification processón of the avión Boeing 737 MAX for the Administrationón Federal Aviationón (FAA). As part of the resolutionóBoeing's dispute with the DOJ, the Department agreedó postpone prosecution of the company, provided that Boeing complies with its obligations under a three-to-one deferred prosecution agreement.ños, afterés from which to dismissá the charge.
Sayún the agreement, Boeing pagará a fine of $243,6 millions and provideá $500 millions in compensationóadditional n to the families of those lost in the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines accidents. The agreement alsoén includes a commitment to provide $1,77 billion to airline customersídenies from Boeing as part of the company's ongoing effortsñíto compensate those customers for the péfinancial losses resulting from the grounding of the 737 MAX.
The settlement is based on the conduct of two former Boeing employees and their failure to act.óintentional intention to inform the Evaluation GroupóNo. of Aircraft (AEG) from the FAA, the group within the FAA responsible for making pilot training determinations, about changes to the Character Boost Systemímaneuvering statics (MCAS).
As a result of this behavior, The agreement states that the FAA AEG was not fully informed about the expanded operational range of the MCAS when it tookó your training determinations for the MAX. While it focuses on the conduct of these two former employees, The agreement recognizes that other employees of Boeing informed other officials and organizations within the FAA about the expanded operational range of MCAS relative toón with certificationón of the 737 MAX.
David L.. Calhoun, Chairman and CEO of Boeing, he said in a note to employees:
“I firmly believe that signing this resolutionón is the right thing for us, a step that adequately recognizes cóWe do not meet our values and expectations. This resolutionón is a serious reminder to all of us ofán críethics is our obligationón of transparency with regulators and the consequences that our companyñía can face if any of us do not meet those expectations ”.
The announcement of the Boeing deal was accompaniedñlove for a presentationón 8-K before the CommissionóNo. of Stock Market and Securities, which reflected that the companyñía habíhas taken a position of $743,6 million to profits in relationón with its commitments under the agreement.
It seems to me that it is the least that could be done to compensate for the loss of human lives of the passengers of the Diana flights and the losses that this caused due to the downtime of the B737MAX. . Let's hope that the plane operators have no more qualms in the short term and that Boeing emerges stronger from this hard lesson that it has had to face..
Strongly agree, very hard lesson that we all hope will not be repeated again.