An engineer at Boeing claimed the plane maker dismissed repeated concerns about the quality control of the 787 Dreamliner and 777, some of the most used widebodies in the airline industry.
25.03.2024 - 14:03 / skift.com / Stan Deal / Dave Calhoun / Larry Kellner / Steve Mollenkopf
Boeing announced a major shake-up of its senior leadership team.
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said Monday morning he would step down from the top post at the end of the year. The company didn’t immediately name a successor for Calhoun.
“We are going to fix what isn’t working, and we are going to get our company back on the track towards recovery and stability,” Calhoun wrote in a message to employees Monday morning.
Stan Deal, the CEO of the company’s commercial airplanes division, is retiring. Chief operating officer Stephanie Pope will take over his role.
Board Chair Larry Kellner will not seek r-election, with Steve Mollenkopf, the CEO of Qualcomm, taking on the post. Mollenkopf will be tasked with finding Calhoun’s successor.
The senior personnel changes are the latest boardroom casualties at Boeing, following an incident onboard an Alaska Airlines plane on January 5, when a door plug blew off mid-flight. The incident brought renewed scrutiny to Boeing, and the FAA grounded the 737 Max 9 for nearly one month.
The National Transportation Safety Board is currently investigating the Alaska incident. A preliminary report the board released in February found that Boeing may have failed to properly reinstall the four bolts required to keep the door plug in tact.
Last month the company removed Ed Clark, the head of its 737 Max program after the Alaska incident.
Following Clark’s departure, Katie Ringgold, who had previously been vice president of 737 Max deliveries, took over his role. The company also created a new executive position for Elizabeth Lund, overseeing quality at Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Calhoun, who had been a long-time board member, became Boeing’s CEO in 2020, as the company was reeling from the fallout of two fatal crashes with the Max 8. His predecessor, Dennis Muilenburg, was ousted due to the the numerous issues with the 737 Max rollout.
During that time, Boeing drew the ire of lawmakers after an employee testified to Congress that the plane maker had ignored safety concerns when building the 737 Max.
Calhoun was tasked with leading the company through the Max 8 crisis and turn Boeing’s culture around. He is now the second chief executive to leave Boeing over quality and production issues.
“As we begin this period of transition, I want to assure you, we will remain squarely focused on completing the work we have done together to return our company to stability after the extraordinary challenges of the past five years, with safety and quality at the forefront of everything that we do,” Calhoun wrote.
In recent weeks, Calhoun had been under intense pressure — major airline CEOs and Washington had become increasingly critical of the company. Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary slammed
An engineer at Boeing claimed the plane maker dismissed repeated concerns about the quality control of the 787 Dreamliner and 777, some of the most used widebodies in the airline industry.
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