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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down amid mounting safety crisis
2024-03-26

[GEO.TV] Dave Calhoun, Boeing’s current CEO, will reportedly resign by December after scandals regarding the quality of the airline's safety, BBC reported.

This development is in line with the six month term given to Stan Deal, who serves as the commercial airlines division head, and Larry Kellner who has no intention of running for the chairman seat.

The aviation major faces scrutiny after a potential issue in January when old door blown off a Boeing 737 Max shortly after the take-off, which compared to renewed inspections of the company's safety and quality standards.
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Posted by:Fred

#9  Enron was about financial mal and misfeasance. Plain old incompetence isn't in and of itself criminal.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2024-03-26 16:57  

#8  The 'mounting safety crisis' is the possibility of jail time for the bosses, like say, Enron?
Posted by: ed in texas   2024-03-26 16:48  

#7  Ok, my two cents. I was at Boeing when he took over. Lived a couple years under his plans. When he took over I commented that when a CFO type takes over an engineering company, which Boeing is, it spells the slow death of the company. We saw this freight train derail years ago where engineering does not lead the decisions, but the balance sheet and making margins rules the day. The outsourcing, commodity managing of parts, selling off manufacturing capability and then contracting it back all spell loss of control, engineering control, for a lower price to the company bottom line.

The real answer will be in who they replace him with on a permanent basis. If they put another CFO type into the top seat, the company will be lost.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2024-03-26 13:36  

#6  Boeing move to Chiraq was all about nicer amenities for the head office people. Nice restaurants. Theater. Opera. Shopping.

You know, stuff to take your mind off of issues at work. "Talent retention" the HR geeks call it...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-03-26 09:54  

#5  When Boeing moved its headquarters to Chicago from Seattle, it was speculated that quality would go down since they would be more concerned about cash flow than engineering.
Posted by: Jusoger Thud5693   2024-03-26 09:50  

#4  Seattle paper articles today chock full of comments and many are asking why is the BOD allowing this? Why not immediate departure?
Posted by: USN Ret.   2024-03-26 09:44  

#3  Sound of a aircraft panel hitting the ground - Boeing, boeing, boeing.

Scapegoating. - Nope

If QA is problem on the line, you move your desk to the floor and work there walking the line, not sit at your desk 2000 miles away. It's real hard for first and second line managers to send glad and happy reports when you are there physically.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-03-26 07:57  

#2  

Scapegoating.

The Plane mechanical problems are far below his level and QC issues.

BTW: The names that sit on the Boeing Board of Directors.

Whats this "Nikki Haley" is a board member?
Posted by: NN2N1   2024-03-26 05:34  

#1  He stepped down because the Boeing Facebook page has thousands and thousands of comments accusing him of contracting out a hit job on a whistleblower.
Posted by: Beldar Uneter3543   2024-03-26 03:25  

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