In recent news:
- The FAA reinforces that there is no date for the return to service of the 737-MAX aircraft (USA Today)
- Boeing announces a temporary pause in 737-MAX production starting January 1, 2019 (USA Today)
- Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg is fired by the Boeing Board of Directors and current board member David Calhoun is named as CEO effective January 13, 2020 (Chicago Tribune, CNN)
It will be interesting to see the effect of the 737-MAX pause on Boeing’s suppliers. In November 2019, Kelly Ortberg said that Collins Aerospace is seeing improvement in aftermarket sales for other Boeing 737 variants due to the 737-MAX service delays. However, the New York Times also had a followup report in November 2019 on the extent to which Collins Aerospace is involved in MCAS software development and UTC involvement in the angle of attack sensor from Rosemount Aerospace, a UTC company (as well as Collins Aerospace being owned by UTC).