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Boeing Chief Expected to Appear Before Senate Subcommittee on June 18

June 05, 2024 at 03:45 pm

By Andrew Tangel

Boeing CEO David Calhoun is scheduled to testify before a Senate panel on June 18, the office of Democratic U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut announced Wednesday.

Calhoun is expected to face questions about Boeing's safety culture and quality after a 737 MAX plug door blew out in midair on a Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines flight. It will be the first time a Boeing CEO has appeared since Calhoun's predecessor testified after two of the jets crashed in 2018 and 2019.

"Five years ago, Boeing made a promise to overhaul its safety practices and culture. That promise proved empty, and the American people deserve an explanation," said Blumenthal, chairman of the permanent subcommittee on investigations.

"Years of putting profits ahead of safety, stock price ahead of quality, and production speed ahead of responsibility has brought Boeing to this moment of reckoning, and its hollow promises can no longer stand," he added.

Write to Andrew Tangel at andrew.tangel@wsj.com

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David Calhoun

David L. Calhoun is a businessperson who has been at the head of 18 different companies and occupies the position of President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at The Boeing Co., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Nielsen Finance LLC and Chief Executive Officer for NetRatings LLC. Mr. Calhoun is also on the board of Caterpillar, Inc. (former Independent Chairman), Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience, Inc. and King (Cayman) Holdings Ltd. In his past career Mr. Calhoun was Non-Executive Chairman of Gates Global, Inc., Executive Chairman at Nielsen Holdings Plc Chairman for The Nielsen Company (US) LLC, Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Nielsen NV (Old) and Chairman-Executive Board & Chief Executive Officer at The Nielsen Company (US), Inc. (which are all subsidiaries of Nielsen Holdings Plc), Independent Chairman at Gates Corp., Senior Managing Director at The Blackstone Group, Inc. and Chairman at Gates Industrial Corp. Plc (a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group, Inc.), Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of The Nielsen Co., President & Chief Executive Officer of GE Aviation Systems North America LLC, President & Chief Executive Officer of GE Lighting Solutions LLC, President & Chief Executive Officer of GE Transportation, President & Chief Executive Officer at GE Infrastructure (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., President & Chief Executive Officer for GE Infrastructure LLC, President & Chief Executive Officer of Employers Reinsurance Corp. and President-Pacific Region at GE Plastics. Mr. Calhoun received an undergraduate degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.

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