BOEING'S JAN. 29 TELECONFERENCE will be remembered as one of the most humbling earnings reports in the 103-year-old company's history, but for 737 MAX suppliers it will also set the tone for the next two or three years. "Slowly" was the buzzword repeated often by Boeing leadership, especially when it came to the narrowbody's monthly production rate ramp-up—assuming the MAX is set to become "ungrounded" and production resumes after halting this month. Boeing CEO David Calhoun and Chief Financial Officer Greg Smith said during the call that production flow will return "one step at a time," even "one airplane at a time."
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