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AvTalk Episode 271: Boeing’s plan to fix itself

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On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Jason flies from Germany to New York just to record the podcast and you can barely tell he’s been awake for nearly 24 hours. And in the news, Boeing provides the FAA its plan for renewed engineering excellence, the IATA annual general meeting takes place in Dubai with plenty to discuss, and Mexicana puts in its first aircraft order.

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