Boeing’s Pope Makes Mark at Aviation Show as CEO Search Heats Up
- Internal candidate for top job greets customers, journalists
- Commercial airplanes chief is working to stabilize factories
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The top internal candidate to become Boeing Co.’s next chief executive officer made the rounds at the Farnborough International Airshow this week, raising her profile at the embattled planemaker as its board weighs a pivotal leadership decision.
Stephanie Pope, who runs Boeing’s commercial airplane unit, was the company’s senior-most official in attendance at the trade expo, meeting with customers as she builds the case that she belongs on aviation’s biggest stage. Outgoing CEO Dave Calhoun, who has said he’ll step down by year-end as Boeing reels from crisis, wasn’t present, making Pope the standard bearer and public face of the company.