Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun: Stepping down was my decision

CNBC’s Phil LeBeau and Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun join 'Squawk Box' to discuss the leadership shake-up at the company, his resignation as company CEO at the end of the year, airline CEOs meeting with Boeing's board of directors, quality control issues facing the company, and more.

[portalkey]

Ok and how about the whistlebllower who, conveniently and very timely, "committed suicide?"

[georgibg]

You're stepping down because you failed.

[jerrypolverino]

He killed people because of his extreme greed.

[dionzapata]

Boeing: The sound of the wheels falling off the plane youre currently on

[wohola]

He could be a murder of the whistle-blower of Boeing. As a taxpayer, I demand our government agencies FBI, CIA to investigate this guy's potential involvement in the murder.

[louislong]

This is the problem with Boeing, arrogant. There's a failing CEO, speaking about his departure as if it's a victory lap. No accountability, no ownership, no regret, no apologies.

[m]

Accountants and MBAs are running an engineering company. How ridiculous is that???

[erichvonmolder]

It wasn't his decision, and left with a nice going away present.

[stanleykubrick]

Tell us details about your exit package?

[TheGuitarded]

Was murdering the whistle-blower also your decision?

[Merzui-kgds]

Chief Executives: where competence goes to die, while pay levels are over 2000 times Ronnie and Rosie Rivetor's.

[engineeringVirtue]

Until they put engineers in mgmt and board, i have zero faith in boeing.

[pngo]

Boeing in its golden days used to be managed by engineers. Now you have a bunch of businessmen making executive decisions, and that's a big red flag.

[Loki-skbi]

Stand down? More like getting away with a nice big pay check. Another one will come, push for quarterly profits, products become garbage. People may or may not die. Rinse and repeat this process.

[AG-hlni]

Airbus has invested significantly in QA that's why they are on top.

[eagleear]

This is one screwed up company. It went into high gear when they moved headquarters to Chicago.

[RoninTF]

Thats a damn shame. This guy was the best CEO AIRBUS could have wished

[aliancemd]

2:36 Don’t you think he got kicked out because the board met with airline CEOs, Without Dave and asked them to get rid of Dave? He is presenting it as “stepping down” but smells like “forced out”.

[Gunld]

«to the financial community about the slowdown in our factory. Our determination to get ahead of that”

And how do you intend to get ahead of it?

Still doesn’t get it….incredible

[romangamez]

As Boeing employee things seem to be going in the right direction. Don't knit if bringing in a new ceo is gonna be the right answer. That's the number one problem at Boeing. Pretty much every person in a high position comes from outside Boeing and has no idea what's going on. They need to bring more people up withing the company starting from the bottom up.