Emirates’s Clark Throws Support Behind Boeing Leadership - Bloomberg

Emirates’s Clark Throws Support Behind Boeing Leadership - Bloomberg

Emirates President Tim Clark threw his support behind Boeing Co.’s leadership as the manufacturer works through a crisis of confidence triggered by a near-catastrophic accident, saying the company understands what needs to be fixed and that the reintegration of a key supplier is a step in the right direction.

“I think Calhoun and his colleagues are on it,” Clark told journalists in Berlin, referring to Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun. “This is so urgent. If we had any issue like this we’d take the company apart, we wouldn’t sleep. You’re expected to do the right thing.”

Clark has said Boeing has one final chance to right the company following the Jan. 5 blowout of a door panel on a 737 Max 9 model during flight. To stabilize the business, Boeing needs to review its governance model and consider enlisting support from what Clark called third parties with expertise in engineering to help Boeing address its manufacturing issues.

“Just get the quality done correctly, it’s what the US government expects, it’s what the flying public expects,” Clark said. “If they haven’t got the message, they’ll never get the message. I think they got the message.”