Emirates head watched decline in Boeing’s manufacturing performance, FT says

The head of Emirates Airline Sir Tim Clark has warned Boeing was in the “last chance saloon” as he prepared to send his own engineers to oversee the plane maker’s production lines after watching a decline in its manufacturing performance, Philip Georgiadis and Sylvia Pfeifer of The Financial Times says. Sir Clark told the Times he watched a “progressive decline” in the plane maker’s standards, which he blamed long-running management and governance mis-steps. “They have got to instil this safety culture which is second to none. They’ve got to get their manufacturing processes under review so there are no corners cut etc,” Clark said, according to the Times.