Boeing appoints special advisor to lead quality management system assessment

Boeing has appointed Admiral Kirkland H. Donald, US Navy (Ret) as special advisor to Boeing president and CEO David Calhoun, effective immediately. Donald and his team of outside experts are tasked with conducting an “independent and comprehensive assessment” of Boeing’s quality management system in the wake of the Alaska Airlines incident. The team’s assessment will encompass quality programmes and practices in Boeing manufacturing facilities as well as its oversight of commercial supplier quality. Calhoun confirmed that Donald’s team will also provide “actionable recommendations for strengthening our oversight of quality in our own factories and throughout our extended commercial airplane production