<story><title>Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates boss says</title><url>https://www.ft.com/content/fcacc767-5f05-414e-bebc-61c737764e7b</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>colinng</author><text>Are we reading the same sources? The ex-CEO, David Calhoun, has a degree in accounting.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.boeing.com&amp;#x2F;company&amp;#x2F;bios&amp;#x2F;david-l-calhoun&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.boeing.com&amp;#x2F;company&amp;#x2F;bios&amp;#x2F;david-l-calhoun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Calhoun has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Virginia Tech.</text></item><item><author>IshanMi</author><text>Personally, I think the issue isn&amp;#x27;t one of degrees or qualifications, but rather one of values.&lt;p&gt;The CEO prior to this one (Muilenburg) also had degrees in Aerospace Engineering, but chose to value profit maximization over things like security and a good engineering culture. Innocent people had to pay the price for it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>IshanMi</author><text>You&amp;#x27;re right about Calhoun- I was actually referring to Dennis Muilenburg, the CEO who was fired in 2019 after the two 737 MAX crashes and the subsequent groundings. My comment wasn&amp;#x27;t clear enough- I&amp;#x27;ll edit it for clarity.</text></comment>
<story><title>Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates boss says</title><url>https://www.ft.com/content/fcacc767-5f05-414e-bebc-61c737764e7b</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>colinng</author><text>Are we reading the same sources? The ex-CEO, David Calhoun, has a degree in accounting.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.boeing.com&amp;#x2F;company&amp;#x2F;bios&amp;#x2F;david-l-calhoun&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.boeing.com&amp;#x2F;company&amp;#x2F;bios&amp;#x2F;david-l-calhoun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Calhoun has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Virginia Tech.</text></item><item><author>IshanMi</author><text>Personally, I think the issue isn&amp;#x27;t one of degrees or qualifications, but rather one of values.&lt;p&gt;The CEO prior to this one (Muilenburg) also had degrees in Aerospace Engineering, but chose to value profit maximization over things like security and a good engineering culture. Innocent people had to pay the price for it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Andoryuuta</author><text>The former CEO does (Dennis Muilenburg), but not David Calhoun.</text></comment>