As reported in "Slow Going" (July 12-25, p. 14), Boeing's new 777X commercial airplane is nowhere close to being certified for flight or sale to airlines. Looking back at Boeing's design and certification failures over the last eight years, we see batteries in new 787 Dreamliners catching fire, flight control computers commanding 737 MAX jets to crash into the ground, refueling systems on KC-46 tankers that can't transfer fuel and a software glitch that prevented an unmanned Boeing test vehicle from reaching low Earth orbit, coming close to a "catastrophic spacecraft failure." Alan Mulally was president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes from 1998 to 2006. He successfully led the company through many endeavors and challenges, including the fledgling 777 program. But he was passed over to head the full company and subsequently went on to become CEO of the Ford Motor Co., where he accomplished great things before retiring in 2014. Unfortunately, I fear that Boeing will continue to struggle with financial, political, logistical and corporate issues under its current leadership. I wonder if Alan is enjoying his retirement-anybody have his phone number?
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机译：据报道，“缓慢走”（7月12日至25日，第14页），波音的新的777倍商业飞机无处可去，因为获得航班或向航空公司出售。在过去的八年里回顾波音的设计和认证故障，我们看到了新的787梦想贼捕捉火灾的电池，飞行控制电脑指挥737 Max Max撞击到地面，加油系统在KC-46罐车上不能转移燃料还有一个防止无人波音测试车辆到达低地球轨道的软件故障，接近“灾难性的航天器失败”。 Alan Mulally是1998年至2006年波音商业飞机的总裁兼首席执行官。他通过许多努力和挑战成功地领导了该公司，包括凡立观的777计划。但他被传递到了全新的公司，随后继续成为福特汽车公司的首席执行官，在那里他在2014年退休前完成了伟大的事物。不幸的是，我担心波音将继续与金融，政治，后勤斗争斗争和当前领导下的企业问题。我想知道艾伦是否正在享受他的退休 - 任何人都有他的电话号码？
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