Editors discuss what Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg and Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said in exclusive interviews that feature in the next issue of Aviation Week &amp; Space Technology magazine.

Why Airbus And Boeing's CEOs See The Future Differently

Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast

Welcome to Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast. I'm Joe Anselmo, Editorial Director. Continuing a tradition that began 20 years ago, Aviation Week editors sat down prior to the Farnborough Airshow with the CEOs of commercial aviation's two biggest companies, Boeing's Kelly Ortberg and Airbus' Guillem-Foy. And continuing a newer tradition, since we didn't have podcasts in 2006, Aviation Week's editors who conducted those interviews now join us to give their thoughts on

the answers they heard. Here with me are Jan Schvotel and Robert Wall, who interviewed Fauri in Toulouse, and Guy Norris, who joined me in Seattle to interview Ortberg. Guy, let's start with Kelly Ortberg, who took over this very troubled company 22 months ago. My takeaway, my big takeaway was, he was upbeat, he was confident, he feels like he has his arms around the problem and is fixing the

culture in the company. He's confident there's no roadblocks to finally getting the 73710 and 777X certified. He wouldn't say the defense unit won't ever have write-offs again, but he said it's operating more like a, quote, normal defense business. And on culture, there was a quote I loved. He said, you're never done, but it's probably going faster and better than I would have guessed 22 months ago. People said, Kelly, this is going to take forever. It's 180,000 people. You're not going to be able

fast. And I said, well, we'll see. But then Guy, he poured a lot of cold water on the idea that we will see a new narrowbody airplane from Boeing anytime soon. So those were sort of my takeaways. What did you think? Yeah, no, you're absolutely right, Joe. It was a very, very positive overall message to begin with.

Why Airbus And Boeing's CEOs See The Future Differently

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Why Airbus And Boeing's CEOs See The Future Differently

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.