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Nov 9, 2024 | leehamnews.com | Scott Hamilton |Alan Mulally |Jim Albaugh |John Leahy

By Scott HamiltonNov. 8, 2024, © Leeham News: When Kelly Ortberg assumed the chief executive’s slot at the ailing Boeing Co., he knew the company well as an outsider. Ortberg had been CEO of Rockwell Collins, a major supplier to Boeing. After Collins was acquired by United Technologies (now RTX Corp.), he still had the vantage point of supplying Boeing. But he was and is nevertheless an outsider. He’s faced with the herculean task of fixing an American icon that’s descended into the abyss.