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[–] [email protected] 193 points 7 months ago (19 children)

Nothing but a scapegoat if they replace him with another accountant instead of an engineer.

[–] [email protected] 101 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (6 children)

By all credible accounts the systemic issues at Boeing predate this CEO by probably 2 decades. Dave Calhoun seems to specialize in "troubled companies", i.e. he has never been anything more than a professional scape goat.

Edit: I didn't do enough research, he hasn't really been CEO at many places, just upper positions like director and board member. Still, the companies he specializes in seem to be the ones with reputations to cannibalize for money by cutting quality and screwing consumers, like GE.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago (1 children)

He was responsible for the figurative nosedive my boss' previous company did. Now he's responsible for the literal nosedive of Boeing.

This man is a professional company ruiner, not just a scape goat.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

Calhoun's MCAS might have been set incorrectly 👀

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