In my opinion this is the right move for Boeing. The company has neglected the safety of its aircrafts and is responsible for so many unnecessary deaths, because it prioritized driving up their stock price through buy backs and investing less money in safety and innovation. And the main reason for this is the merger that happened between Boeing and McDonnell Douglas in 1997, where experienced aerospace engineers were replaced by people only interested in driving the stock up [1]. So it's good to see an engineer back in the CEO seat. Hopefully something will come from this.
[1](https://qz.com/1776080/how-the-mcdonnell-douglas-boeing-merg...)