Morning Call – Thursday 17 October 2019

Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media

Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media

The young Swede, Greta Thunberg, who has taken a boat across the Atlantic (yacht copiloted by the grandson of a Monaco prince and Grace Kelly) and drove a Tesla across the country to protests at the University of Iowa (on…

Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media

Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media

Boeing’s Board of Directors took action in stripping Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg of his Chairmanship, appointing non-executive director David Calhoun as its new Chairman. Calhoun has experience in facing challenges, and his appointment was positively viewed by Boeing’s customers. In…

The Joint Authorities Technical Review released its Final Submittal_to_FAA_ on the certification of the Boeing 737 MAX Flight Control System late last week and was highly critical of both Boeing and the FAA. That 28 member committee was chaired by Christopher…