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Boeing’s Board Plans to Meet Airline Chiefs Without CEO Calhoun
- Planemaker chairman to begin listening tour with top customers
- Unusual talks underscore growing frustration over Max crisis
Dave Calhoun on Capitol Hill in Washington in Jan.
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Boeing Co. directors plan to meet with top executives from some of their largest airline customers, who are growing increasingly frustrated about the planemaker’s crisis tearing into their business.
Dave Calhoun, Boeing’s chief executive officer, will not participate in the gatherings set to begin next week, said people familiar with the matter. Larry Kellner, the chairman of Boeing’s board, is spearheading the unusual listening tour and will be joined by two to three other directors for each session, although the cast of participants will vary, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the plans are confidential.