Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun speaks briefly with reporters as he arrives for a meeting at Sen. Mark Warner’s (D-VA) office on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2024.
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Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun is scheduled to testify before a Senate committee on June 18 to answer lawmakers’ questions about whistle-blowing and quality control as the plane maker tries to weather a safety crisis.
“I look forward to Mr. Calhoun’s testimony, a necessary step to seriously address Boeing’s failures, restore public trust, and restore the company’s central role in our economy and defense,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
“Years of putting profits over safety, stock price over quality and production speed over responsibility have led Boeing to this moment of reckoning. The company’s empty promises no longer work,” he said.
Boeing did not immediately comment.
The hearing was held after Boeing engineers alleged that the assembly of the company’s 787 Dreamliner planes puts undue stress on the planes and shortens their lifespan — claims that Boeing says are inaccurate and that the FAA is investigating.
Boeing is trying to bounce back after two deadly crashes of its best-selling jet, the 737 MAX, in 2018 and 2019. But Alaska Airlines The January flight disaster has led to renewed scrutiny of manufacturers from lawmakers and the Federal Aviation Administration.
Calhoun said in March he planned to step down by the end of the year as part of a major shakeup of the plane maker’s leadership.
