December 24, 2019 @ 9:43 am
Northwest News
NEW YORK — Boeing has announced that Dennis Muilenburg will no longer serve as their CEO and Board director.
Chief Financial Officer Greg Smith will serve as interim CEO until Chairman David Calhoun becomes the permanent CEO on Jan. 13.
Though the company is calling it a resignation, The New York Times is reporting Muilenburg was fired.
Boeing said it decided it needed new leadership to regain the confidence of regulators. The company — which has been criticized over the design of the Max, Boeing’s failure to tell pilots about a new flight-control system on the plane, and its handling of the crisis after the first crash — promised a “renewed commitment to full transparency.”