re: New Boeing CEO Candidate Stephanie Pope Pushed DEI

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She herself is a DEI hire.

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Though an aerospace veteran who has racked up almost three decades at Boeing, experts say Pope lacks the engineering experience needed to deal with such extensive production problems.

Deal, who joined Boeing in 1997 through its merger with McDonnell Douglas, holds a degree in aerospace engineering and worked in key positions on the 717 and MD-11 jetliner programmes.

Pope, by contrast, graduated in accountancy and rose through the ranks via a number of financial management roles. She later took charge of a services division that helps support airline customers.

While Pope’s most recent position as Boeing’s chief operating officer gave her oversight of quality control, engineering, manufacturing and the supply chain, she’d been in the job only since January, hardly time to develop an intimate understanding of the issues plaguing the 737 Max.

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