The aviation giant attacks the controversial manufacturer

The Boeing company has been facing criticism from all sides in recent months due to safety incidents that occurred on its planes, including a door that came off during flight, loose screws and system defects. Recently, the CEO of Boeing, Dave Calhoun, also announced his retirement from the position due to the serious failures.Now the CEO of Rainier, Michael O’Leary, is launching a frontal attack against the American aircraft company. In an interview with CNN, the Irish businessman said: “In 2022 and 2023, we regularly found things like wrenches under the floorboards. In some cases there were missing seat handles and other things like that.” A’O’Leary added that “even though the problems were ‘not serious,’ it shows that Boeing did not pay attention to details and there are quality problems.” Back in January, O’Leary said that “It is not acceptable that Airplanes that have not been 100 percent inspected.”

Rainier itself has been subject to criticism from customers for a long time and is considered the “bad boy” of the aviation world, as is its CEO O’Leary. Rainier’s attack is probably intended to create pressure on Boeing, which is under increased supervision by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). ) and as a result the delivery of ordered aircraft is delayed.

Rainier is Boeing’s largest European customer, and recently ordered 57 planes, and instead is expected to receive 40. This means the airline will have to deal with far fewer planes in the summer season, which could lead to severe losses and rescheduling. In addition, Rainier will have to change routes, including connecting flights.

Among the topics that O’Leary discussed were the problems that, in his opinion, occurred at the same time as Boeing increased production after the slowdown in the spread of the Corona virus. O’Leary believes this resulted in a decline in Boeing’s quality control standards. Regarding the departure of Boeing CEO Calhoun, O’Leary said that Brainer “welcomes the urgently needed changes”.