Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Leaving Amid 737 MAX Crisis
October 22 2019 - 3:55PM
Dow Jones News
By Andrew Tangel
Kevin McAllister is leaving Boeing as head of the commercial
airplanes unit at Boeing Co., the biggest company casualty of the
crisis surrounding its 737 MAX airliner.
Mr. McAllister joined Boeing in November 2016 as chief executive
of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, where he was credited by analysts
with improving its production system, but he has faced criticism
from some airlines over his communication surrounding the grounding
of the MAX and efforts to return it to service.
The departure, which could come as soon as later Tuesday, comes
10 days after Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg was stripped of his
chairman role at the world's largest aerospace company by sales. He
remains CEO, with David Calhoun, a former GE executive, taking on
the chairman role.
Write to Andrew Tangel at Andrew.Tangel@wsj.com
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October 22, 2019 15:40 ET (19:40 GMT)
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