The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that U.S. lawmakers grilled Boeing's chief executive officer Tuesday about the company's plans to fix itself and its willingness to heed whistle-blowers' warnings, while relatives of people who died in two crashes of the plane maker's 737 Max jetliners were in the room. An Associated Press dispatch to The Globe says that CEO David Calhoun appeared before the Senate investigations subcommittee, where the toughest line of inquiry came from Sen. Josh Hawley, who repeatedly asked Mr. Calhoun about what he did to deserve his salary. Mr. Calhoun, who plans to retire at the end of the year, earned $32.8-million (U.S.) in compensation in 2023. "You're focused on exactly what you were hired to do, which is that you're cutting corners. You are eliminating safety procedures. You are sticking it to your employees. You are cutting back jobs because you're trying to squeeze every piece of profit you can out of this company," Mr. Hawley said, his voice rising. "You're strip-mining it. You're strip-mining Boeing." Asked by Mr. Hawley why he had not resigned, Mr. Calhoun answered: "Senator, I'm sticking this through. I'm proud of having taken the job. I'm proud of our safety record."
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