‘Eyes of the world on us’: Boeing shakes upleadership amid safety crisis

When Boeing announced on Monday that its CEO Dave Calhoun would be stepping down at the end of the year, some wondered why it had taken so long. Calhoun, 66, was appointed in 2020 to revive the company’s fortunes amid one of the worst public trust crises in its 100-year-old history, following two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 MAX jets in 2018 and 2019.

The crashes killed 346 people and resulted in the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX globally for months.  Then in January, a door plug blew out of the side of an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX, forcing pilots to take emergency measures.  The incident reinforced perceptions that the company had not learned any lessons and presided over a culture where safety placed second fiddle to profitability.

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