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The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it is conducting an intensive nose-to-tail, wingtip-to-wingtip inspection of the building of Boeings 737 Maxes at its Renton, Washington, factory. A similar review is under way in Wichita, Kansas, at Spirit AeroSystems, which builds the complete 737 fuselage airframe and ships it to Renton by train. The FAA said Monday approximately two dozen FAA safety inspectors are conducting these quality reviews. The team is monitoring right now and Im sure theyre already starting to formulate recommendations, said Jodi Baker, FAA deputy associate adm