BOEING announces new leaders

[Easter Sunday 12:01am]

At 12:01am Easter Sunday, Arlington, Va. the Boeing Company’s Chair of Board’s the Aerospace Safety Committee, David L. Joyce announced the new leaders of the beleaguered company. The former President and CEO of GE Aviation, said:

• After an extensive global search, the Board has concluded that our new leadership will be Senators Cantwell and Duckwell as Co-Presidents. None of the other candidates professed to know more about our problems (see the below quotes) and have already expressed how Boeing might resume its world leadership. These knowledgeable Senators gladly accepted our offers and the challenges. One clear advantage in this selection is that they will be in our offices in Arlington on April 1,2024. No need to move. We are working to free up offices for their staffs and our Union Leaders offered free labor to clean, furnish and decorate their corner offices with excellent views of the Hill.

I am personally pleased to relinquish my Aerospace Safety Chair to our new leaders.

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Relevant quotes by the Senators

“Cantwell said she told Calhoun that quality engineering and safety must be the company’s top priorities.

‘The American flying public and Boeing line workers deserve a culture of leadership at Boeing that puts safety ahead of profits,’ said Cantwell, who represents the state where Boeing assembles 737s.

“Recent accidents and incidents—including the expelled door plug on Alaska Airlines flight 1282—call into question Boeing’s quality control,” Senator Cantwell wrote. “In short, it appears that FAA’s oversight processes have not been effective in ensuring that Boeing produces airplanes that are in condition for safe operation, as required by law and by FAA regulations. In reviewing FAA orders on how oversight processes are to be conducted, it appears that there may be ways for manufacturers to avoid audit accountability.”

“It’s ABSURD that instead of prioritizing fixing a safety flaw that could lead to CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES for passengers and crew aboard Boeing 737 MAX jets…” said Duckworth. “Boeing keeps offering assurances that it won’t put profits ahead of passenger safety, but the COMPANY’S ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN ITS WORDS…

“After this BOLD FACE ATTEMPT TO PUT PROFITS OVER THE SAFETY OF THE FLYING PUBLIC with the MAX 7 and this month’s horrific Alaska Airlines incident aboard the MAX 9, I am as committed as ever to doing everything I can to ENSURE BOEING AIRCRAFT MEET ALL SAFETY STANDARDS—and I made that clear in today’s meeting. Bottom line: all passengers deserve to have the CONFIDENCE THAT THE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT THEY RELY ON ARE SAFE AND RELIABLE.”

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