Boeing has told suppliers it is delaying a key production milestone for its 737 MAX by six months, three industry sources said, in a sign the planemaker is struggling to boost production of its best-selling jet.
Boeing’s latest 737 supplier master schedule communicated to the industry calls for MAX output to reach 42 a month in March 2025, compared with a previous target of September 2024, the sources told Reuters.
While the so-called master schedule is a demand signal, it is not an official production target. Boeing has not changed its official plane production target, which calls for 38 MAX jets a month by the end of 2024, up from roughly 25 jets a month in July.
Eh, they can probably just cut some corners… what could possibly go wrong.
Those were structural corners
Boeing shouldn’t be boosting anything except quality, safety, and employee considerations.
its best-selling jet.
This isn’t the major point of the article? Their best selling jet is the most famous for falling apart and crashing into the ground?
