Boeing 737 Max Chief to Retire Amid Executive Shuffle
- Leader of new midmarket plane project will assume Max duties
- Development will continue on the NMA jet, manufacturer says
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Boeing Co. said 737 program chief Eric Lindblad is retiring after about a year in the post, triggering a leadership shuffle for another high-profile project: a proposed midrange jetliner.
He’s the second head of the 737 program, Boeing’s largest source of profit, to leave the job in less than two years. The 34-year Boeing executive took charge of the manufacturing site in Renton, Washington, as the U.S. planemaker struggled with late deliveries of engines and other components. More recently, he’s weathered the global grounding of the best-selling Max following fatal crashes in October and March.