Ryanair: ‘We Don’t Care’ Who the Next Boeing CEO Is — Here’s Why
Photo Credit: Ryanair Group CEO Michael O'Leary has struck an upbeat assessment of Boeing's turnaround program. Ryanair / Ryanair
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With Ryanair one of the plane maker's biggest customers, Michael O’Leary's comments will likely carry extra weight at Boeing HQ.
Ryanair is one of Boeing’s biggest customers, so you'd think the contest to be the plane maker’s new CEO would a big deal. But it isn’t.
Speaking during the carrier’s earnings call on Monday, Michael O’Leary, the Ryanair Group CEO, didn’t identify a preferred candidate. In fact, he suggested the company doesn’t have one at all.
“We don’t care. As long as it doesn’t affect the good work that Stephanie Pope and the team are doing in Seattle. We do not want any disruption in Seattle - we want all of Boeing… to allow [them] to focus on the deliveries and the quality of those deliveries.”
Alongside her role as COO of The Boeing Company, Pope was appoi
