Amid the crash of Air India flight in Ahmedabad today, a video from last year of Boeing’s (now ex) CEO being confronted by a US senator has resurfaced for personally falsifying inspection records for the 787 – the same plane that crashed today. In the video, Boeing CEO David Calhoun was brutally grilled regarding the aviation giant’s safety culture and transparency.
Here’s a video from last year of Boeing’s (now ex) CEO being confronted by a US senator for personally falsifying inspection records for the 787 – the same plane that crashed in Ahmedabad today pic.twitter.com/RAk35Hh7a2
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Missouri Senator Josh Hawley asked the CEO about his salary, which saw a 45 per cent increase from 2022, even when the aviation company had been in the shambles due to a spate of incidents in his tenure as CEO. The total compensation in 2023 rose to $32.8 million, a 45 per cent increase from the $22.6 million he received the previous year.
Hawley, lashing out at the CEO, said that he is only interested in “cutting corners” and squeezing every penny out of the aviation giant.
“You’re eliminating safety procedures, you’re sticking it your employees, you’re cutting back jobs, you’re trying to squeeze every piece of profit you can out of this company…You’re strip mining Boeing…for profit, shareholder value and you’re rewarded for it. You got a huge raise, you increase, so it’s working out great for you,” Hawley said.
He also stressed multiple probes currently underway in connection with the Boeing incidents. Calhoun was named the CEO of Boeing in January 2020, and the company announced in March that he would step down from the role by the end of 2024.
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