Boeing promises big changes to win back trust [Video]

Ever since a door plug flew off an Alaska Airlines plane manufactured by Boeing this January, the company has been under scrutiny. Now, it has created a plan to improve safety going forward.

Michael Whitaker of the Federal Aviation Administration announced during a Thursday press conference that: “Boeing provided us their roadmap for continuous improvement,” in response to a February request.

“We just wrapped up a three-hour meeting to review it and talk about future implementation,” he added. Boeing’s plan includes “six key performance metrics,” the administrator said.

After the Alaska Airlines incident, the FAA put a cap on new 737 Max planes in place. In the following months, there have also been more incidents reported related to Boeing aircraft, including two incidents reported just this month.

There have been investigations into the company, and multiple whistleblowers who revealed information about Boeing have turned up dead. In March, Audacy reported that Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun was resigning.

During the press conference this week, Whitaker said that the …