Key Takeaways Boeing is working to improve its safety practices, but FAA head Mike Whitaker said Thursday the plan is "not a one-year project."Whitaker, who is leaving the FAA later this month, said the agency is still meeting with Boeing weekly to assess the plane maker's progress.

A year after a panel blew out of a Boeing 737 Max during flight, the nation’s top aviation regulator says the company needs “a fundamental cultural shift” to put safety and quality above profits.

A year after a door plug fell off an Alaska Airlines-operated (ALK) Boeing (BA) 737 Max 9 mid-flight, the Federal Aviation Administration says that Boeing still has a ways to go before it regains the government’s full confidence.