Boeing CEO to step down at end of year after 737 Max mid-air blowout

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will step down from the embattled plane maker at the end of the year as part of a broader management shuffle. The president and CEO of Boeing's commercial airplanes unit is also out and the board chair said he doesn't plan to seek re-election.

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[spidalack]

He should not get to "step down". He should be fired with no golden parachute, then face criminal prosecution for negligence.

[cameronwilson]

You know how when you make a colossal mistake at work that endangers the public and craters the value of the company, how you can just "retire", face no consequences, and collect a golden parachute? Oh wait I forgot that only applies to rich CEOs...

I'd bet there are entry-level staff at Boeing who've been fired for way less but here we go again with a different set of rules for the rich.

[titteryenot]

Well, you know what they say: one door closes; another door falls off! 🚪 ✈️

[deesmith]

Boeing whistleblower found dead and now the resignation.

[raldyjimenez]

So why wait for these guys to retire and NOT FIRE them?

[Dbodell]

Not to worry pretty sure they’ll all get massive bonus payouts and go on to live the lives of kings.

[Skeldann]

If he's bailing out this soon... how much MORE does he know that we don't?

[StephenAndrew]

Top donor to the Biden campaign last election, Alphabet/Google/YouTube chief executive officer, Sundar Pichai ought to do exactly the same thing for exactly the same reason. Few people that influential are considered to be guilty of treason by so many of their peers.

[RedzicMuharem]

smart guy, who wants to stay on a sinking ship? :D

[suthanaria]

Who’s behind the Pillayan, The way of he telling the story and witnessing similar ways and copying of 1993 in Canada, Sri Lanka, Tamils gang war, witnessing for high risk of cases to Canada's cops were developing