‘Why haven’t you resigned?’ Senators torch Boeing CEO as he apologizes for deadly failures

Then Calhoun turned and took a pounding from a panel of lawmakers, who brought fresh whistleblower allegations that Boeing was knowingly hiding its problems from regulators. And once that chasm was exposed, we learned that there was virtually no bottom to the void that lay below.” Sen. Josh Hawley was even more blunt, asking Calhoun: “Why haven’t you resigned?” “I’m sticking this through,” Calhoun said, adding: “I’m proud of every action we have taken.” “Frankly sir, I think it’s a travesty that you’re still in your job,” Hawley responded. After the door plug fiasco, FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker took a tour of Boeing’s factory floor and said the operation was “very focused on production” — rather than safety— in a way that concerned him. Calhoun added that the company has “fired people and disciplined people” for retaliation against whistleblowers, though he couldn’t answer how many employees have been fired for that reason. “I’m not aware of any others that were.” The mid-air blowout of a door panel on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 in January raised new questions about Boeing's manufacturing processes and the safety of its 737 MAX passenger jet.