Speaking of Boeing

Boeing has fired Ed Clark, the VP in charge of the 737 MAX program.  His replacement, will be Katie Ringgold, VP of 737 deliveries.

Ringgoold will be the 6th VP in charge of the MAX since 2018, which works out to a new person every year.

Also, how are they both VPs?  If Boeing is trying to save money, which they are, in order to spend it on stock buybacks and executive bonuses, why so many positions which pretty much mandate 7 figure salaries?

Boeing has ousted the leader of the 737 MAX program at its Renton plant and reshuffled its leadership team at the Commercial Airplanes division, effective immediately.

The moves come more than a month after a Renton-assembled MAX 9 saw a fuselage panel blow out of an Alaska Airlines flight departing Portland. Investigators contend key bolts were missing from the plane prior to the Jan. 5 blowout, a failure that has increased scrutiny of quality control at Boeing and its suppliers and put intense pressure on company leadership.

Ed Clark, vice president of the MAX program and general manager at the Renton facility, will leave the company. He’s being replaced by Katie Ringgold, the current vice president 737 delivery operations.

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Clark took charge of the MAX program in 2021 as it returned to service after two fatal crashes had grounded the jets worldwide for almost two years. He was responsible for 737 engineering, supply chain, manufacturing and other support functions.

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However, a person familiar with the decision and who asked not to be identified commenting on sensitive personnel decisions, confirmed that Clark’s departure was not voluntary.

Clark is an engineer. His successor Ringgold has business degrees. However she began her aviation career performing avionics systems maintenance and troubleshooting on C-130 cargo aircraft in the U.S. Air Force.

It does seem to me to be rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.