Published: Saturday, August 28, 2010
Boeing managers shift positions
EVERETT -- The Boeing Co. shuffled its commercial airplane managers Friday as the company tries to get key programs on schedule.
Boeing is aiming to deliver its first 747-8 cargo jet later this year, though officials have acknowledged that delivery might slip into 2011. In a letter to employees, Pat Shanahan, vice president of airplane programs, wrote that he will take a greater role in the 747 program beginning Monday.
Mo Yahyavi, who had served as the 747 leader, has been reassigned to a special assignment. Shanahan didn't elaborate on Yahyavi's new assignment.
Boeing's 747-8 freighter is in flight testing, working toward certification from the Federal Aviation Administration. The company has begun final assembly of the passenger version of the updated jumbo jet.
The announcement came less than 24 hours after Boeing said the delivery of its first 787 Dreamliner will slide from late 2010 to mid-February 2011. That aircraft is more than two years late.
Boeing also will shift Elizabeth Lund to deputy manager of the 747. Lund has served as vice president of Boeing's 767 program. The company is moving the 767 production line inside the Everett factory as it awaits a decision from the U.S. Air Force as to whether Boeing's 767 will be the platform for a new refueling tanker.
Lund will be replaced on the 767 line by Kim Pastega, the director of 777 manufacturing. Jason Clark, who has been the leader of 747-8 Interiors, will replace Pastega.
Shanahan said the changes will "add greater focus at a critical time for the 747, 767 and 777 programs."
Boeing is aiming to deliver its first 747-8 cargo jet later this year, though officials have acknowledged that delivery might slip into 2011. In a letter to employees, Pat Shanahan, vice president of airplane programs, wrote that he will take a greater role in the 747 program beginning Monday.
Mo Yahyavi, who had served as the 747 leader, has been reassigned to a special assignment. Shanahan didn't elaborate on Yahyavi's new assignment.
Boeing's 747-8 freighter is in flight testing, working toward certification from the Federal Aviation Administration. The company has begun final assembly of the passenger version of the updated jumbo jet.
The announcement came less than 24 hours after Boeing said the delivery of its first 787 Dreamliner will slide from late 2010 to mid-February 2011. That aircraft is more than two years late.
Boeing also will shift Elizabeth Lund to deputy manager of the 747. Lund has served as vice president of Boeing's 767 program. The company is moving the 767 production line inside the Everett factory as it awaits a decision from the U.S. Air Force as to whether Boeing's 767 will be the platform for a new refueling tanker.
Lund will be replaced on the 767 line by Kim Pastega, the director of 777 manufacturing. Jason Clark, who has been the leader of 747-8 Interiors, will replace Pastega.
Shanahan said the changes will "add greater focus at a critical time for the 747, 767 and 777 programs."
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