> Chairman David Calhoun, a former General Electric executive who has been on the Boeing board since 2009, will take over as CEO and president, effective from J

> Chairman David Calhoun, a former General Electric executive who has been on the Boeing board since 2009, will take over as CEO and president, effective from Jan. 13, Boeing said. Given that Jack Welch popularized this cost cutting and financial shenanigans at the expense of engineering, and they are making a former General Electric executive the CEO, I do not have high hopes that Boeing has learned its lesson.