DUBLIN, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The head of the world's largest aircraft lessor AerCap dismissed calls for leadership changes at Boeing and said the planemaker is under no illusion about what needs to be done in the wake of a door plug blowout on a Boeing 737 MAX 9. "I don't think that's helpful at all. Do we really think someone else comes in tomorrow and is going to be able to just all of a sudden (perform) magic overnight?" AerCap Chief Executive Aengus Kelly told Reuters of calls by some analysts for leadership changes. "I think knee-jerk reactions would be ill-advised at this point, but they know what to do....They know what has to be fixed but knowing it and fixing it are two different things." Kelly was speaking in an interview on the sidelines of the Airline Economics conference, the first major industry gathering since the Jan. 5 mid-flight scare on an Alaska Airlines jet that raised questions over quality controls. However, he added that every plane that leaves Boeing factories has to be flawless and cautioned another incident would make the 737 MAX a "very hard sell".
"I don't think that's helpful at all. Do we really think someone else comes in tomorrow and is going to be able to just all of a sudden (perform) magic overnight?" AerCap Chief Executive Aengus Kelly told Reuters of calls by some analysts for leadership changes.
"I think knee-jerk reactions would be ill-advised at this point, but they know what to do....They know what has to be fixed but knowing it and fixing it are two different things."
Kelly was speaking in an interview on the sidelines of the Airline Economics conference, the first major industry gathering since the Jan. 5 mid-flight scare on an Alaska Airlines jet that raised questions over quality controls.
However, he added that every plane that leaves Boeing factories has to be flawless and cautioned another incident would make the 737 MAX a "very hard sell".