Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun revealed that he will step down from his role at the end of 2024, the aircraft manufacturer announced Monday.In addition to Calhoun's exit, Board Chair Larry Kellner said he will not stand for re-election at the upcoming annual shareholder meeting, prompting the board to elect Steve Mollenkopf to succeed Kellner as independent board chair.Mollenkopf will lead the board's process of selecting Boeing's next CEO.Meanwhile, Stan Deal, Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) President and CEO, is also out amid the massive shake-up. Deal will retire from the company and be replaced by Stephanie Pope, who will lead BCA starting Monday."It has been the greatest privilege of my life to serve Boeing," Calhoun said in a letter to employees. "The eyes of the world are on us, and I know that we will come through this moment a better company. 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.""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 added.The leadership changes come just one month after Boeing removed the head of its 737 Max program, Ed Clark, replacing him with former Vice President, 737 Delivery Operations, Katie Ringgold. "Our customers demand, and deserve, nothing less," Deal said at the time.It's been a tumultuous few months for Boeing in the wake of a door panel blowing out of an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight in early January. The incident put a spotlight on the company that's revealed disturbing quality control issues that have delayed production and prompted investigations by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other agencies. Recently, airline executives have sought to meet with Boeing as some passengers are seeking out alternative aircraft and officials work to reassure the flying public that air travel is still safe.
Boeing Hasn't Provided Key Information on Blowout, NTSB Says
06.03.2024 - 19:33 / skift.com / Dave Calhoun / Jennifer Homendy / Meghna Maharishi
The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board told a Senate committee on Wednesday that it has yet to receive key information from Boeing related to the Alaska Airlines blowout incident.
NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said the agency had requested the names of certain workers and documentation regarding the opening and closing of the door plug on the Alaska jet.
“There are two options,” Homendy said during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing. “Either they exist and we don’t have them or they do not exist, which raises several different questions depending on which one is the right answer.”
Homendy said Boeing claims that it has a process for maintaining documents for when work is performed on an aircraft, including when the door plugs are opened and closed. But Homendy said the NTSB has not been able to verify Boeing’s claims.
There are also around 25 people and a manager based in Boeing’s Renton, Washington factory who work with door plugs. The manager has been out on medical leave, Homendy said. The NTSB has asked for the names of those workers and records of their shifts, but Boeing has not provided that information to the agency.
“It’s absurd that two months later we don’t have that,” Homendy said.
Boeing said that it provided the NTSB with a list of Boeing employees, including those on the 737 door team.
“We have now provided the full list of individuals on the 737 door team, in response to a recent request,” Boeing said in a statement. “With respect to documentation, if the door plug removal was undocumented there would be no documentation to share.”
The Federal Aviation Administration and the NTSB are investigating Boeing over its quality control and safety procedures following the January 5 incident with the Alaska 737 Max 9. The FAA grounded the Max 9 for nearly one month and recently found instances of “multiple quality control issues” at Boeing.
Since the Alaska incident, Boeing has repeatedly said it would fully cooperate with government agencies in their investigations.
During a call with analysts in January, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun apologized for the incident and said, “We caused the problem.”
“This increased scrutiny, whether it comes from us, from our regulator or third parties, will make us better,” he said on the call.
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