Capitol Hill needs to ensure that the FAA does not make things worse as Muilenburg nails his colours to the mast

Boeing Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg reports that the board of directors today declared a regular quarterly dividend of two dollars and five and one-half cents ($2.055) per share. At the same shareholder meeting, the shareholders, two thirds at least, backed the board and Muilenburg’s position as dual head of Boeing. Muilenburg then went a dropped a serious PR clanger by seemingly indicating that the MAX crashes were due to a “chain of events” including some procedures not being completely followed by pilots. Blaming pilots in public is not a great idea as others have done in