Boeing Max Return at Risk in Major Work-From-Home Challenge
- Company sticking with CEO’s mid-year estimate for ungrounding
- A delay would further strain cash reserve amid travel collapse
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Of all the twists that have complicated the ungrounding of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max, this one might be the strangest: A global pandemic is keeping regulators from being in the same room.
With airlines flying a fraction of their pre-virus schedules and production at many of the planemaker’s own facilities suspended, a small Boeing team has continued testing the latest software changes on the Max. The planes are wiped down and sealed between flights, according to people familiar with the situation who asked not to be identified discussing internal matters.