Boeing’s new outsider CEO Ortberg takes the helm, this time from the factory floor

Boeing has announced that its new outsider CEO, Dave Calhoun, is handing over the helm to John Ortberg. Unlike traditional CEO transitions performed in executive offices or boardrooms, this one took place right on the factory floor, emphasizing the company’s shift in focus towards production. John Ortberg, who is not from within the aviation industry, faces the critical task of guiding Boeing out of a turbulent phase marked by two crashes involving its 737 MAX, subsequent worldwide grounding of the model, and