Democratic Senator: FAA’s Proposed Boeing Fine Is Inadequate

Democratic senator: FAA’s proposed Boeing fine is inadequate

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation, is demanding answers from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) about what he says is the agency’s inadequate fine of the Boeing Company for “hundreds” of quality-control violations. Blumenthal, in a Tuesday letter to FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford, called the FAA’s proposed…

FAA’s proposed $3.1 million fine to Boeing inadequate, senator says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal said the Federal Aviation Administration’s proposed $3.1 million fine against Boeing for a series of safety violations is inadequate and wants the agency to explain how it calculated the penalty. “For Boeing, such fines are easily absorbed as the cost of doing business, not a meaningful deterrent to dangerous behavior,” Blumenthal wrote in a letter to FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford. “U…

US senator calls FAA's proposed $3.1 million Boeing fine inadequate

Richard Blumenthal said the FAA's proposed $3.1 million fine against Boeing is inadequate and wants the agency to explain how it calculated the penalty.