In Rory Kennedy’s Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing, the documentary furthers the whistleblowing efforts of former Boeing employees who were all targeted by the company for its negligence in the crashed 737 MAX airbuses. The sequel to her Downfall: The Case Against Boeing chronicles the late whistleblower John Barnett, who dedicated more than 30 years of his life to Boeing as a quality control manager.
How did he pass? Who was the Boeing CEO around the time of his passing? Let’s break it down.
Dave Calhoun first joined Boeing as a board member in 2009. When Dennis Muilenburg was fired in 2019 following the 2018 Lion Air and 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crashes that led to 346 fatalities, Calhoun was appointed CEO in January 2020—not only to save the company’s face, but to steer it in the right direction while the 737 Max was grounded for 20 months.
Across the years, no real change occurred beyond Calhoun appeasing investors and discussing stock prices, per the doc, rather than ensuring the safety of the company’s planes. His yearly bonuses and salary kept rising. According to a 2024 CNN report, “Calhoun’s total compensation in 2023 was $32.8 million, a 45% increase from the $22.6 million he received for 2022. And it could have been a lot more: He declined to accept his annual incentive bonus of $2,800,000 – a request the board said he made after part of a Boeing 737 Max plane blew off the side of an Alaska Airlines flight in January, kicking off a series of federal...
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