Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun speaks briefly with reporters as he arrives for a meeting in the office of Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24, 2024.
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boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will testify before a Senate panel on June 18 to answer questions from lawmakers about whistleblower allegations and quality control at the plane maker as it endures a safety crisis.
“I look forward to Mr. Calhoun's testimony, which is a necessary step to meaningfully address Boeing's failures, regain public trust, and restore the company's central role in the American economy and national defense,” said the Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut. , president of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate.
“Years of putting profits over safety, stock price over quality, and production speed over responsibility have brought Boeing to this moment of reckoning, and its empty promises can no longer stand,” he said.
The hearing comes after a company engineer alleged that assembly of Boeing's 787 Dreamliners puts undue stress on the planes and reduces their useful life, allegations Boeing called inaccurate. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.
“We appreciate the opportunity to appear before the Subcommittee to share the actions we have taken and will continue to take to strengthen safety and quality and ensure that commercial air travel remains the safest form of transportation,” Boeing said in a statement. “We are committed to fostering a culture of accountability and transparency while maintaining the highest standards of safety and quality.”
Boeing has been trying to regain its footing after two fatal crashes of its best-selling 737 Max in 2018 and 2019. But a door plug that exploded on a nearly new 737 Max 9 during a Alaska Airlines The flight in January brought new scrutiny to the manufacturer from lawmakers and the FAA.
Calhoun said in March that he would resign at the end of the year, as part of a broad executive restructuring at the plane maker.
