Boeing Appoints Special Advisor to Assess Quality Management System
January 16 2024 - 1:57PM
Dow Jones News
By Ben Glickman
Boeing on Tuesday named a special advisor to Chief Executive
Dave Calhoun who will evaluate the company's quality management
system for commercial planes.
Retired U.S. Navy Admiral Kirkland Donald was appointed to the
role. His recommendations will be provided to Calhoun and the
Aerospace Safety Committee of Boeing's board.
Donald currently serves as chairman of Huntington Ingalls
Industries and chairs nonprofit Battelle's board.
Boeing is facing investigations from regulators after a panel
blew off an Alaska Airlines plane while in flight. The company's
737 MAX 9 jets have been grounded by airline regulators.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday it would ramp
up inspections of Boeing's manufacturing facilities in the wake of
the incident.
Boeing said Tuesday that Donald and a group of external experts
would evaluate the company's quality programs and practices in
manufacturing facilities, as well as its oversight of the quality
of parts from commercial suppliers.
Donald "is a recognized leader in ensuring the integrity of some
of the most complex and consequential safety and quality systems in
the world," Calhoun said in a statement. "He and his team will have
any and all support he needs from me and from across The Boeing
Company."
Write to Ben Glickman at ben.glickman@wsj.com
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January 16, 2024 13:42 ET (18:42 GMT)
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