WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The chair of the

National Transportation Safety Board told new Boeing Co ( BA )

CEO Kelly Ortberg that the planemaker "has a safety culture

problem" that must be addressed.

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters on the sidelines

of an event in Washington that she told Boeing's ( BA ) new chief

executive in a recent conversation the company must make

changes. "Unless they have a partnership with their workforce, a

lot of these issues are not going to be fixed," Homendy said.

"Right now they have a workforce that doesn't trust Boeing ( BA )."