Boeing is under F.A.A. scrutiny over reports that it may hamper oversight.

The Federal Aviation Administration is wanting into Boeing’s company tradition, which an company official stated “seems to hamper” Boeing workers answerable for offering oversight, elevating security issues and in any other case representing the company’s pursuits.

In a letter to the corporate final week, the official, Ian Received, stated that the F.A.A.’s evaluate was primarily based on a current survey of some dozen of the 1,400 Boeing workers who work on the company’s behalf by way of a program known as Group Designation Authorization. Boeing’s construction seems “to supply a powerful affect” over how these workers are appointed, managed and allowed to work, he stated, offering “ample alternative for interference quite than independence.”

“These issues require an goal evaluate and additional truth discovering,” Mr. Received wrote within the letter, which was obtained by The New York Instances.

The F.A.A. evaluate was reported earlier by The Wall Avenue Journal.

The company’s reliance on firm workers to evaluate regulatory compliance has been criticized as permitting the aviation business to police itself. However defenders say the association is critical as a result of the F.A.A. lacks the assets for thorough oversight of the sprawling business.

Final week’s letter was primarily based on a survey of 32 workers in Could and June. Almost a dozen staff complained or shared tales that recommended Boeing had made it troublesome for them to behave with independence, the company stated.

In line with excerpts from the survey responses, the issues included discovering that administration would stall when design points have been raised in order that the corporate may proceed delivering planes and feeling {that a} supervisor would store round for approval if an worker didn’t present it.

In a press release, Boeing stated it took the issues significantly.

“We’ve constantly bolstered with our staff that delegated authority is a privilege and that we should work every single day to be trusted with the accountability,” the corporate stated. “We’ve taken steps to coach our staff and make enhancements.”

Within the letter, the F.A.A. stated it will conduct a broader survey of the staff designated to symbolize its pursuits. The corporate stated it was working with the company.