Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will step down at the end of 2024. The decision is related to production quality issues, in particular with the 737 Max aircraft. Boeing has announced the invitation of former Qualcomm CEO Stephen Mollenkopf to become the new chairman, but he will lead the search for Calhoun's replacement. This was reported by UNN with reference to La Times and Spiegel.
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After a prolonged crisis, the American aviation group Boeing is making decisions about drastic changes at the top of the company. It is already known that CEO David Calhoun will leave his post at the end of 2024.
Boeing has been under intense pressure since early January, when a panel called a door stub tore off a brand-new Alaska Airlines 737 Max. Investigators say that bolts that help hold the panel in place were missing after repair work at the Boeing factory. After two crashes that killed a total of 346 people, the 737 Max, by far the company's most important model, was taken out of service. And the Chairman of the Board of Directors Larry Kellner and the Head of the Commercial Airplanes Division Stan Diehl are also to leave, according to media reports.
Calhoun, 67, called the latest accident "a watershed moment for Boeing that requires a total commitment to safety and quality at all levels of our company.
The eyes of the world are on us, and I know that we will emerge from this moment a better company, building on all the knowledge we have gained from working together to rebuild Boeing over the past years
The company announced that its board has selected former Qualcomm CEO Stephen Mollenkopf to become the new chairman and lead the search for Calhoun's replacement.
Calhoun was a director of Boeing when he became CEO in January 2020, replacing Dennis Muilenburg, who was fired after the Max disasters.
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Boeing is experiencing a crisis amid safety concerns and is considering selling assets.
Also , UNN reported that Boeing announced the postponement of delivery of 50 737 Max passenger jets due to a fuselage defect.