Atlanta (CNN Business) The spokesman for American Airlines' pilots union called Boeing's insinuation that foreign pilots were to blame for the crashes involving 737 Max jets "inexcusable" and said AA pilots made several suggestions to Boeing to fix the 737 Max's systems before the second plane crash. In recent weeks, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg and others have said that the actions of the pilots played a role in the chain of events that caused the crashes, which Dennis Tajer, spokesman for the Allied Pilots Association, said unfairly points the finger at foreign pilots. "Shame on you... we're going to call you out on it," Tajer said of Boeing Thursday ahead of a Federal Aviation Administration meeting of international aviation regulators in Fort Worth, Texas. "That's a poisoned, diseased philosophy." When asked if the Ethiopian crash might have been prevented if Boeing had taken action on the pilots' suggestions, Tajer said, "I think that's a fair conclusion."

Source: CNN May 23, 2019 05:40 UTC