FILE- A Boeing 737 MAX 7 is displayed during a debut for employees and media on Feb. 5, 2018, in Renton, Wash. Boeing holds a virtual shareholders’ meeting on Friday, May 17, 2024, as it deals with multiple federal investigations, frustrated airline customers and disappointing financial results. is doing to improve the quality and safety of its planes after a door plug blew off a Boeing 737 Max jetliner in January., but he gave no deadline for completion.
The shareholder meeting was conducted online and heavily scripted. A moderator posed a handful of shareholder questions, which Calhoun and Steven Mollenkopf, the new chairman of Boeing’s Board of Directors, fielded by seeming to read their answers. None of the questions were too pointed.and rejected shareholder resolutions dealing with subjects such as pay gaps for women and people of color, and the company’s ties to China. Vote counts were not immediately provided.
Boeing faces multiple investigations since the Jan. 5 door plug blowout on a Max operated by Alaska Airlines. It could also facefor allegedly violating terms of a settlement with the Justice Department after two deadly Max crashes in 2018 and 2019.