Source: Boeing announces new CEO amid ‘challenging’ year
Boeing named its new CEO and president Wednesday, a decision made as the company announced a loss of $1.4 billion during its second quarter.
Kelly Ortberg, a former CEO of aerospace company Rockwell Collins, will be taking over starting next Wednesday with hopes he can help the company bounce back from a challenging year.
Boeing has seen a series of issues after a commercial Alaska Airlines plane – a 737 Max 9 jet – had a panel blowout while in the air in January. The company came under scrutiny following the incident. Boeing agreed to plead guilty to fraud in July after fatal crashes of 737 Max 8s in 2018 and 2019. The crashes killed 346 people.
The company has continued to face allegations of taking manufacturing shortcuts from whistleblowers, one of whom died of self-inflicted wounds in March. Boeing has also seen problems with production due to supply chain issues.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration put a limit on the company expanding the production of the Boeing 737 Max jets following the January incident, allowing a maximum of 38 jets per month to be produced.
Boeing CEO David Calhoun announced in March that he would be stepping down from the position by the end of the year.
A news release from the aircraft maker Wednesday reported the loss, describing a “challenging quarter.”
Ortberg was selected to be Calhoun’s successor after what was reported to be a months-long search. Boeing’s chairman, Steve Mollenkopf, said that Ortberg “has the right skills and experience to lead Boeing in its next chapter.”
周三，波音公司任命了新任首席执行官兼总裁，这一决定是在该公司宣布第二季度亏损 14 亿美元之际做出的。 航空航天公司罗克韦尔柯林斯公司前首席执行官凯利·奥特伯格将于下周三开始接任，希望他能帮助该公司从充满挑战的一年中恢复过来。 一月份阿拉斯加航空公司的一架商用飞机（一架 737 Max 9 喷气式飞机）在飞行时发生面板爆裂后，波音公司出现了一系列问题。事件发生后，该公司受到密切关注。继 2018 年和 2019 年 737 Max 8 发生致命空难后，波音公司于 7 月同意承认欺诈罪。这些空难造成 346 人死亡。 该公司继续面临举报人采取生产捷径的指控，其中一名举报人于三月份因自杀死亡。由于供应链问题，波音公司也出现了生产问题。 1 月份事件发生后，美国联邦航空管理局对该公司扩大波音 737 Max 喷气式飞机的生产进行了限制，允许每月最多生产 38 架喷气式飞机。 波音公司首席执行官戴维·卡尔霍恩三月份宣布，他将在今年年底前辞去该职务。 这家飞机制造商周三发布的新闻稿报道了这一亏损，并描述了“充满挑战的季度”。 据报道，经过长达数月的搜寻，奥特伯格被选为卡尔霍恩的继任者。波音公司董事长史蒂夫·莫伦科普夫表示，奥特伯格“拥有领导波音公司开启新篇章的适当技能和经验”。
