Boeing has long way to go to fix safety culture after accident [Video]

U.S. lawmakers challenged Boeing Co. to expend the necessary time and effort to reset its safety culture and criticized the planemaker’s relationship with regulators as too cozy.

In her opening remarks at the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday, Senator Tammy Duckworth said Boeing needs to be judged by what it does, not by what it says it’s doing.

The Federal Aviation Administration, for its part, has been too soft at times policing the company. That, in turn, “sends an unmistakable message to both Boeing and its employees that bad behavior is acceptable,” Duckworth said.

“There’s still a long way to go to bring an effective safety culture back to Boeing,” the Democratic Senator from Illinois said.

The hearing is the first of two in Washington on Wednesday to explore Boeing’s safety record in the wake of a near-catastrophic accident in January, as well as two crashes of 737 Max aircraft …