Boeing chief executive Dave Calhoun has defended his record at America’s largest aerospace company, insisting that he has sharpened its focus on engineering and that the indebted group could launch a new aircraft without having to raise money from shareholders.
Calhoun said the company had made significant progress since he took the top job two-and-a-half years ago, when Boeing was reeling from the grounding of its 737 Max following two crashes.
“We all have to put two-and-a-half years in perspective, and what we’ve done as a leadership team to get ahead of each and every one of our big issues and no they are not complete,” Calhoun said in an interview.