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Boeing 737 MAX 9 First Flight
Boeing to re-acquire Spirit,
which used to be Boeing
Wichita, Shanahan would be
ideal to replace Calhoun.
Shanahan’s career spans both
commercial and military pro-
grams, including 31 years with
The Boeing Company and
service as Deputy Secretary of
Defense and Acting Secretary of
Defense.
At Boeing his positions included;
Senior Vice President, Supply
Chain and Operations, Senior
Vice President, Commercial
Airplane Programs, Vice
President and General Manager
of the 787 Dreamliner, Vice
President and General Manager
of Boeing Missile Defense
Systems, and Vice President
and General Manager of Boeing
Rotorcraft Systems.
And Shanahan appears to be
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the engineer Clark wants as he
holds a bachelor’s degree in
mechanical engineering from
the University of Washington,
a master’s degree in mechan-
ical engineering from the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), and an MBA
from the MIT Sloan School of
Management.
Shanahan ticks a lot
of boxes and would be
welcomed by the FAA
and NTSB.
As AAA stated in our January /
February edition:
“It seems inconceivable that the
company that gave us the 707
and 747, helped put man into
orbit and then on the moon, built governance that have teeth and
a raft of satellites and the rockets get the 737 and 777X programs
that put them in orbit, built most
of the free world’s fighter jets
and large transport aircraft and
was the lead integrator of the
International Space Station can
find itself the butt of a tsunami
of jokes and ridicule not just
on social streams but in main-
stream media over its seeming
inability to perform the simplest
of tasks - tighten up nuts or
ensure that bolts are in place.
The industry needs Boeing to do
better – much better – or it could
become a marginal player just
as McDonnell Douglas did in the
1980s and 90s.”
With Shanahan at the helm AAA
believes Boeing has a clear path
back from the brink.
But that path will be tough –
sort out a new union contract,
implement safety and production
back on track.•
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