Boeing ups its ' safety ' optics- add a submariner - gives new meaning to ' dive dive dive "
Boeing said Friday (oct 26) that the former military head of the U.S. Navy has been elected to its board, part of a broader effort to improve the plane maker’s safety oversight.
Retired Navy admiral John Richardson stepped down in August as chief of naval operations, with the final part of his career dominated by reviews of Navy safety, training and readiness after two at-sea collisions killed 17 sailors.
Boeing recently amended its governance rules to make safety-related experience a criterion for choosing future directors as part of a board review of its engineering and internal reporting practices overseen by Edmund Giambastiani Jr. , a retired U.S. Navy admiral who sits on the company’s board.
Mr. Richardson, a former submarine commander, will join the Boeing board’s aerospace safety committee, alongside Mr. Giambastiani. Other members include Duke Energy Corp. CEO Lynn Good and Larry Kellner, who led one of the predecessor companies of United Airlines Holdings Inc