Boeing CEO not pressuring workers to boost production

WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - Boeing BA.N CEO Kelly Ortberg said Wednesday the planemaker is not pressuring workers to go fast in boosting production as it works to improve its production system.

Ortberg said at a U.S. Senate Commerce hearing he was hopeful that the company could resume producing 38 Boeing 737 MAX planes per month later this year but was not committing to a date.

"I suspect it will be sometime this year," Ortberg said. He said airlines are frustrated in delivery delays but support its approach. "They know we've got to do this right."