Boeing CEO in ‘Job Interview’ as Markets Assess Blowout Cost (1)

In the three weeks since a 737 Max 9 jet lost an exterior panel mid-flight, Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun has been on a mea culpa tour, acknowledging his company’s shortcomings to employees, enraged customers and lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

Now the CEO must face the analysts and investors trying to quantify the financial fallout from the near-catastrophic blowout that left a gaping hole in the airborne plane and threw the company into crisis.

The challenge facing the CEO when Boeing reports results on Wednesday is to appease investors enough to stem a hemorrhage in the stock, while ...