The Federal Aviation Administration has rejected a Boeing request to perform certain regulatory tasks on its own for the standard five-year period, according to people familiar with the matter, keeping the U.S. aerospace giant under closer government scrutiny.
The FAA will allow Boeing employees to perform certain regulatory work on their own for three more years, but declined to grant a customary five-year extension as the agency seeks various improvements at the company during the shorter time frame, according to these people and an FAA letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Boeing’s authority to perform certain tasks on behalf of the FAA was set to expire on Tuesday.
