Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun is departing a meeting with Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) in the Hart Senate Office Building, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 25, 2024
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun.
  • Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun told CNBC the company needs to slow down and put safety before speed.
  • Calhoun announced Monday he will be stepping down from the planemaker by the end of the year.
  • The announcement follows a scathing FAA report on Boeing's safety procedures.

Boeing has been mired in a quality control crisis, and even the company's outgoing CEO says that it has a culture of rushing production.