Boeing has just fired the ceo, and Dennis A. Muilenburg, received sharp criticism from the civil aviation authority of the FAA last week, when it was thought that he had put pressure on to allow the olycksfarkosten of the 737 Max to fly again. The model is one of Its biggest projects ever, since march, the international ban, after the two flygolyckorna in the Javasjön, respectively, in Ethiopia – a total of 346 people were killed.
”the Board has decided that a change in leadership was necessary, in order to regain the trust and confidence of the company in its plan to move forward”, reads the press release. The pressure of the Muilenberg has been huge, but by all accounts he has, to the board of directors, and others, made promises that he has not been able to deliver, not least in constantly adding new dates to the earlier bestseller, the 737 Max will be back.
the Company announced late last week that new housing starts off, the black level will be stopped from the month of January. The news that this will not lead to dismissals or lay-offs.
“ You’ll have to say that this is inevitable, it is a question of trust and confidence in the company. I think that our customers, shareholders and the authorities have had a change in leadership, says Jacob Pedersen, flyganalytiker at Danish Sydbank.
the stock Price has fallen 25 per cent since last march. According to Pedersen, these issues have so far resulted in additional costs to Boeing of the us $ 5 billion, it’s going to be more.
the Company, which has not handled this well. From the beginning, arguing that it is not a question of fault on the aircraft , and then you have the regular come with promises that have not been fulfilled. They have painted a picture of a reality that simply did not have an appointment.
„It’s going to take a good chunk of the year,“ says Jacob Pedersen.
Boeing, having Muilenberg, in the lead, has been repeatedly criticized as a clumsy and uncaring management. The relatives of the victims of the flygolyckorna has been many times confronted him with photos of their near and dear ones.
in Addition to an investigation of the us congress, there is criminal case against Boeing. The board of directors is accused of being responsible for the model stressats on the market, the department of justice is investigating how the certification process has gone into the hundreds of pilots in group actions claiming damages for the ”cover-up” and lots of families running their own cases.
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