Boeing Finds Accountability a Little Too Late: Brooke Sutherland

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Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun’s acknowledgment of the company’s “mistake” on the 737 Max signals a new era of accountability, but this evolution would have meant more if it hadn’t been foisted upon the planemaker after years of resistance to more sweeping overhauls.

Calhoun made the comments at a companywide meeting at Boeing’s 737 factory near Seattle on Tuesday, four days after an auxiliary exit door that was meant to be sealed shut blew open midair on an Alaska Airlines flight. The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily grounded about 171 ...