Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun has announced his resignation. Calhoun will no longer be managing the group, as a recent announcement stated.
Before he leaves, however, he collects a lot. Boeing will pay him around $32.8 million for the past year, the company recently said. This immense sum consists of a base salary of $1.4 million and over $30 million in shares. The fact that Calhoun can enjoy such generous payments comes as a surprise to some, given the many problems at Boeing. The aircraft manufacturer has been in the red for five years now, while its eternal competitor Airbus has achieved one success after another. Almost 70 billion US dollars have been lost since the beginning of the year, according to ntv news channel. The two crashes in 2019 alone, which led to the biggest crisis in the company's history, not only caused an unprecedented loss of image, but also burdened company's coffers with billions. Who will ultimately take up his difficult legacy is not yet known.