Boeing’s Agreement on Current Recognition During 737 Max Jet Crashs was rejected by Dei policies. Now the judge set a trial date in June
The SUMSAS Federal Judge has set a trial date in June for the US Government Conspiracy case of years old against Boeing For the delusion of regulators about 737 max Jetliner before collapsing two aircraft, killing 346 people.
American District Judge Reed O’ConnorHe did not explain in the order of schedule that announced on Tuesday why he decided to trial. The lawyers of airlines and the Ministry of Justice have spent months trying to transfer aJuly 2024. Agreement on the Recognition of GuiltThis urged Boeing to be guilty of a criminal offense.
The judge rejected the agreement in December, saying thatDiversity, inclusion and equalityPolicies that the Ministry of Justice at that time could affect the monitor selection to monitor the compliance of the company with the conditions of the proposed penalty.
Since then, O’Connor has extended the deadline for two sides three times to report that they plan to continue. His latest extension, approved earlier this month, gave them until April 11 to “assign the potential resolution of this case, except the trial”.
The referee abolished the remaining time on Tuesday, which exposed the time tape for the procedure that led to the trial of June 23 at Fort Worth.
The Ministry of Justice refused to comment on the judge’s action. Boeing’s statement did not cast the status of negotiations.
“As stated in the recent subsequent of the parties, Boeing and the Ministry of Justice continued to discuss the good faith on the appropriate resolution of the issue,” the company said.
The deal that the judge refused would approve the criminal trial by allowing Boeing to admit guilt for the conspiracy of the fraud of the Federal Air Force regulator that approved minimal pilot training requirements for737 maxalmost ten years ago. A more intense training of flight simulator would increase the costs of airlines to manage the then model of the new aircraft.
The development and confirmation of what Boeing’s becamebestseller Airlinerbecame an intense focus of security investigators afterTwo aircraft collapsedLess than five months separate in 2018 and 2019. Many passengers’ relatives killed from the Indonesia and Ethiopia coast arepushed to the prosecutionformer Boeing officials, public criminal trial and a serious financial sentence for the company.
In response to the criticism of last year’s agreement on the recognition of the guilt of the victims’ family, prosecutors said they had no evidence that they claim that the Boeing deception played a role in collisions. Prosecutors said to O’Connor that the conspiracy to commit a fraud is the hardest thing they could prove against Boeing.
O’Connor did not complain in his December verdict against the guilt confession agreementthe sentence would face: fine up to $ 487.2 million with a loan for $ 243.6 million previously paid penalties; a request for investing $ 455 million in compliance and security programs; and external surveillance over three years of probation.
Instead, the judge focused his negative assessment on the outsider selection process to monitor Boeing’s action to prevent fraud. He expressed particular concern that the agreement “requires parties to consider the race when employing an independent monitor …” in accordance with (justice) commitment to diversity and involvement. “
“In the case of this size, it is in the greatest interest of justice that the public is convinced that this choice of monitor is based solely on the competence. The efforts of the Dei parties are only served to undermine that trust in the Government and Boeing’s Ethics and the effort to fight the offense,” O’Connor wrote.
Executive commandPresident Donald Trump signedDuring the first week of his second term, he sought to end programs of diversity, capital and involvement in the Federal Government. Trump’s move can make the concern of the judge, depending on the outcome of the legal challenges in his command.
Trump’s return to the office also meansThe leadership of the Ministry of Justice has changedBecause federal prosecutors decided to follow the case against Boeing last year.
Boeing agreed to the Code of Recognition Agreement only after the Ministry of Justice determined last year that the company violated the 2021 agreement, which protected it from criminal prosecution for the same accusation of fraud-conscript.
Government officials began to reconsider the case afterThe plot of the door plug is blowingAlaska Airlines 737 Max during flight in January 2024. This incident renewed concern about the quality of production and safety in Boeing, and put the companyunder intense supervisionby regulators and legislators.
Boeing’s lawyers said last year that if the contract for the guilt of the guilt is rejected, the company will challenge the finding of the Ministry of Justice that it has violated the postpartumred procedure. O’Connor helped Boein’s position writing in his decision in December that it was not clear what the company did to break the 2021 agreement.
This story is originally shown on Fortune.com
