) communications chief Niel Golightly has resigned his position, the company said on Thursday, following an employee’s complaint over an article the former U.S. military pilot wrote 33 years ago arguing women should not serve in combat.
“My article was a 29-year-old Cold War navy pilot’s misguided contribution to a debate that was live at the time,” Golightly said in a statement accompanying Boeing’s announcement. Golightly’s departure after just six months on the job followed the board’s review of an internal anonymous ethics complaint that flagged his article. He decided to step down after discussions with Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun and others, Golightly told employees in an internal email seen by Reuters.
Although changes in communications leadership rarely make news, the position has taken on greater significance as Boeing battles to restore its brand and reputation following the grounding of its 737 MAX after two fatal crashes.
I don't find his 33 yr old comments offensive even if said today. Are people seriously condemning him for being motivated to fight for the safety of women and children back home?
Why women can't manage this transaction
Honestly I don’t know why married women with children go into the military at all. What about a mother’s nurturing especially when you see toddlers greeting them after a years tour or more. Do that when you’re single. Jmo.
CancelCancelCulture It’s poison.
Omg..ridiculous
Ridiculous.
Hahahahahahaha wussy
As a woman I don’t think he needed to resign over this. This is stupid. 🤦♀️
It was 1987 when we thought the waterproof walkman was pure genius. Hell beepers were still 5 pounds, let alone a majority of the people that this pisses off will not be born until 1995 or later.
The guy is 62. I’m sure he’ll have a nice retirement package.
oh shoot. Unbelievable. :(
I can’t even. This will not end well...🤷🏾♂️.
“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.” - Orwell, “1984”.
Ridiculous based on a comment over 33 years ago. Yes I agree women should not be in combat too.
YourServiceYW Well... he's a sucker AND a cuck then, isn't he.
Women don't belong in Combat. There I said it!!!
He should go, because he doesn't have the balls to say he still stands by what he believes to be true.
BYE
If you think this is right, you must be Amish and your children’s social media account is their diary.
Ridiculous indeed. Why do some cling to the past so tightly?
yes when a man and a woman fight the man always losses. women are better fighters
Omg. 30 years ago. We have to stop judging people on things that happened in the past when our world/culture/standards have progressed so much farther.
Boeing got bigger problems to woory about it. They forgot how to build reliable commercial airplanes....Boeing is on tail spin....Airbus kicking their ass
Take note: none of us are allowed to grow and learn, none of us are allowed to evolve our thinking. Is there any evidence that this thinking is part of his present or recent past? If not, I hope the boomerang hits each of the Board who has no “patience” for this matter.
Well if this is the new rules. Biden is screwed then.
Is just resigning enough? Seems he’s getting off way too easy. After all, his thoughts were “wrong”.
I’m tired of this BS! No longer going to invest in the Boeing.
Young men need groupthink.
I'm usually to lazy to write about anything. I did the minimum of writing in college and stuck to only engineering topics that never involved people. So that makes me squeaky clean for a CEO position. Bring in your offers all you board members, the B student is ready to lead.
Can’t believe some employees were wanting castration of the poor guy.
Just because I’m paralyzed from the chest down they won’t let me serve as active duty I feel so canceled
Another iteration of the woke “all lives matter” 🤷🏼♂️
..... i’m sorry. I confess. In the 1st grade in 1971. I stole Grace Scotts pencil. I know it was wrong. Please don’t cancel me😿😿😿😿
Infuriating. Who could not be cancelled over something? Grace.
People have lost their minds.
And the accuser or the person who provided the decades old comment remains anonymous! This is just ridiculous!
Should we remove Amazing Grace from society b/c of the writer's past? Look it up social justice warriors.
How about women in combat in their own infantry division? I wonder how that will work out against the Iranians when they are rolled over and captured?
Women who are LEO are exempt from the chokehold ban when arresting someone who is resisting arrest. Why? Because women are smaller, weaker and need the advantage.
1987? Seriously? That’s crazy
Why are women NOT required to register with Selective Service? Doesn’t that need to change if we are going to attack people for their view that women shouldn’t be involved in combat?
That’s so ridiculous CancelCulture is bullshit‼️
I would love to see a man, or woman, tell these woke idiots to go screw off. Just once. For God's sake stand up for yourself, stop giving in!
Golightly into the night he will
How can you look back 30 years and hold someone to today’s standard? As if he should’ve known? Where does this end? Digging up everyone’s grand parents and great grand parents, scolding them and removing their tombstones?
This is nuts
How about digging up women's past and see what we find?
I was rooting for a Boeing comeback. Now, not so much.
This is insane it was 33 years ago people
He is a millionaire with a golden parachute, whay is he losing?
Most women are not good in combat. I'm not saying some aren't it's just anecdotal. I never met one woman who could endure a 36 hour mission clearing entire sections of a city topped off by a movement to contact. It's physically and mentally demanding and a job for young men.
He resigned to appease the mob. The right call for the company, but the wrong call for humanity.
Nobody is judged todsy how the majority judged them at the present time. Its utter insanity. Funny how these same people dont care Biden was against gay marriage. And very vocal about it.
He was forced out by some sniveling SJW. You bunch at Reuters better Hope nothing YOU wrote is deemed “cancel” worthy.
You’re never safe from the unhinged wokesters.
Hell I agree with him. My three daughters don’t belong in combat and very few women If any I’ve met do. I was a street cop for 10 years sorry but women in a fight are worthless especially hand to hand. Why will no one stick to their guns so to speak.
So, I thought the dems/libs were all for removing history. WTH.
What a complete joke... He gave an opinion 33 YEARS AGO! This Whiney cancel culture makes me want to puke!
woman in combat: wombat
🤯🤯
What is wrong with the idiots at Boeing?
Ridiculous. STAND YOUR GROUND AGAINST POLITICALLY CORRECT POLICE
Rat from a sinking ship.
No woman would have fit in where I fought in Vietnam --- there were no separate facilities and you had to lift heavy objects while going days without bathing
Golightly said NOTHING WRONG.
It was 33 years ago......let it go
Ông ấy nên làm thế vì không ai chấp nhận cho một người ngồi nhiệm chức mà bộ não không thông không nhìn được xã hội mỗi ngày mỗi thay đổi tiến đến sự bình đẳng cho cuộc sống làm và tranh đấu
What a tosser!
The United States conducts its own Cultural Revolution. Wrong-think must be publicly disciplined & shamed.
That’s it! I will never buy a plane made by Boeing!!
When does this stop?
So if words and positions from years ago matter, why is JoeBiden the Dem pick? Let me guess, it doesn’t count because he’s too senile to remember?
Can't figure out whether what we are living though is more like the Stalinist Purges or the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
Maybe they too will move out of Seattle to a state that is more business friendly?
If this is the level of butt hurt going on I have no problem with Harvard standby girl getting cancelled permanently
Boring used to be in the business of building fine aircraft. Now the planes and spacecraft it builds, don't work, as it focuses on inconsequentials.
Apologies not accepted by left in Seattle. Your life must be destroyed...unless your Jimmy Kimmel.
Ridiculous. Just a excuse.
We hv ALL been guilty of previous views that by TODAYS standards seem crazy. But, humans are an evolving species. What mks us unique is our ability to change. Laws change, views change, and yes sometimes even ppl change. He’s not resigning after 30 yrs...he’s retiring
Dumb
Cardoso 33 fucking years
He shouldn't have, but he's rich, so he can afford to. Cancel culture won't hit everyone the same, and we need strong men to stand up for the rest of us.
Boeing: doesnt fire all its culpable executives who put planes in the air that crashed and killed people; does fire executive for acknowledging 33 years ago that men and women have some differences. Ive heard enough to know that i have heard it all
davidshepardson Leftist are taking over Boeing and will ruin the company. Leftist destroy everything they touch
Ridiculous.
Canceled for being right.
Explain how he’s wrong
🧢
Stop this shit! People have the right to free and offensive speech!
I'm female, and was a soldier and a cop. I heard plenty of this sentiment, and I changed many minds by simply doing my job well. You don't destroy peoples' lives for an opinion you don't like.
Strange, I wonder Why bernie’s bizarre writings of rape and S +M fantasies didn’t receive a similar reaction.
Buy airbus. Let Boeing go down the tank. Let the markets speak!!! No bailouts, no money!!!!!!! If you suck at business, then keep on sucking and get out of the business! Also, what a cave to the mob. This dude is a f****** p****
Courage and reason in our leaders business or political is absolutely absent. A CEO of 40 years ago would have said this is my guy he is going to remain my guy for a long time.
Welp, I'm done for.
Go ahead and watch some female cop videos and laugh.
30 something years ago. Yall never cussed or say stipud shit and always clean?
This is a positive discrimination - criminal case in sane society... You ridicule yourself in the eyes of whole world. Founding Fathers turning in graves...
Let's build crummy planes..but fire a guy for a truth which was truth 30 years ago.
But muh feelz
What, do he say women instead of transmen?
FFS 🤦
Never take a knee, the left will just kick you in the teeth.
File this away under why Trump will win again. Insane liberals.
What an unforgiving lot.
That's what's important when their 737's are dropping out of the skies like rain in the Amazon
Boeing Is this parody? If so, it's brilliant.
Clearly, you're never allowed to change your mind - ever.
I’m sorry but this was 33 years ago. The world has changed a lot since this happened. I’m sure he has evolved over those 33 years. How far back are we going to go and look back at peoples actions.
The Kavanaugh fiasco was a good prelude of what anyone with any dirt in their past, no matter how distant, can expect from these perfect, never did anything wrong in their lives Liberals who are hijacking the Dem Party. If there is proof then you are toast.
Political correctness is going to kill us all
The fastest way to destroy the military is to fill it with women. It was true back then, it's even more true now.
SalsaPrice Is that the gravestone?
I hope he walked right out their door to his attorney’s office. Lawyer up, Boeing.
Women shouldn't be in combat, and most militaries worldwide don't allow that.
None of this stuff has anything to do with what's actually right or wrong. It has to do with chaos. Eventually, you just quit talking hoping they won't come for your livelihood. No actual woman is really offended by what he said 40 yes ago, and he isn't really sorry. He just quit
It. Was. Accurate.
Back in the day I understand the reasoning behind the statement. I don’t think it should’ve been dredged up
So executives at Boeing are being fired for not being woke enough, but the cancerous GE managers who are ruining Boeing can continue to wreak havoc there. Seems about right.
So if 33 year old opinions make one subject to cancelation, I guess that means Joe Biden will be withdrawing from the Presidential election today.
If he was so wrong back then, then why are women still excluded from having to sign up for Selective Service?
This is all so damn stupid. Just stop already.
Idiotic
I’m sorry. What’s the point of all of this again?
Ridiculous. People can't even have an opinion anymore. Psst... I think men are much better at combat than women.
And he was right!
Cancel culture wins again. It’s not his fault the truth hurts.
I'm thinking a woman or minority will fill that spot since it was a white make they just canceled
'I'd love to stay and help with this whole 737 thing but, you know, 'good of the company', etc.'
I fault him only for resigning. Screw the PC. Stop giving into it.
The real crime is war mongering, not politically incorrect war mongering.
Enemy armies are thrilled the U.S. has decided to fill its combat ranks with the weakest members of its population. Anyone who actually cares about women still stands against sending them into combat
Women don’t belong in combat. Anyone focused on combat effectiveness and the real combat mission knows that. When has compromising facts and common sense purely for egalitarianism ever made anything better?
Because, heaven forbid you have an opinion 🙄
“At issue is not whether women can fire M-60s, dogfight MiGs, or drive tanks. Introducing women into combat would destroy the exclusively male intangibles of war fighting and the feminine images of what men fight for - peace, home, family.”
Nobody should be in the military.
Give the man a medal.
Another coward. Nothing he wrote then was wrong and we all need to be reminded of it.
This is about the leftist mob not liking Boeing. So the question should be, why does Biden get special treatment, like B. H. O. THE Globalist want puppets for president
It’s fucking ridiculous that this man should lose his job. 🤦♂️
Obama was against same sex marriage and was elected President. Twice. Times change, attitudes change. The world has gone mad.
So stupid.
Correct.
He was right.
He was correct. The presence of a woman changes how men behave around each other.
Men need to start telling their critics to piss off. Women don't belong in combat, period. Their bodies break down much faster and the rates of injury are higher. We're responsible for inflicting disabilities on women, often for life. Biologically they are not suited for it.
I can’t wait till everyone signs up for the draft. I did my time good luck to the ones still in.
We should not be sending women into combat.
Will he now be sent to a re-education camp for his thought crimes of 33 years ago?
In that case joe biden better resign immediately. His dirt pile heap is bigger then he is.
33 year old article saying women shouldn’t serve in combat? There’s a difference between serving in the military and serving in combat. Women should not be serving in frontline combat.
Ridiculous and very sad. It was 33 years ago! And many people very well-qualified to speak about it say the very same thing today. hysteria2020
Who cares what somebody did 33 years ago? Nobody cares about the Biden crime bill.
People really need to find hobbies.
How pathetic of Boeing to allow this crap to the point employees are forced out.
Women DO NOT belong in combat.
He was right then and is right now.
at first, I'm Ok with this but 30 years? no sorry, this is Stupid. we need to move past this type of canceling Woke bull shiz as its very bad for our country as a whole.
Woman shouldn't be in combat, if that was his position, he wasn't wrong.
He couldn't be more wrong. American women should be registering for the draft and sent to combat zones ASAP, particularly Afghanistan where Trump's attempted pullout was just nixed.
If you have an opinion.. be scared to voice it. Unless you are a totally unhinged leftist. George Orwell should be Time’s person of the year.
Who tf was looking through his old papers?
davidshepardson 'Misguided?' WTF?! (I'm being intentionally vague)
Only women's studies majors and government mathematicians could see value in allowing a group of people to attempt something, at tremendous cost where at least 90% will fail. Unless they lower the standards which puts my son and others in danger when they can't count on team.
We all need to comb through the records,articles and statements of all politicians executives and media for this example. They will be compelled to resign. It will be great fun to see who’s left. Very very few I’ll bet
For those cheering this, one day, they will come for you. No human is perfect.
So this was DECADES old? Not TODAY? When is this CANCEL culture going to CANCEL itself into oblivion?
The world of d Left isnt a tolerant one.Not only do they expect full compliance with ideology,they apply punishment retroactively for sin of yrs ago. Burning, looting,rioting,toppling statues,forced pledges,kneeling,denial of heritage etc. Look at d trajectory,will only get worse
free speech is effectively nullified - its empty right.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS
So only liberals can grow and change and not conservatives? Foolish. Socialism/communism here we come.
This is stupid
He’s still right
Please 'out' the person who dug for this obscure 33 year old article in the first place
I agree with article.
Then Biden should quit for his eulogy at Byrd’s kkk funeral
When I was in 3rd grade I wrote a note to a girl calling her a poop head, I guess I’m canceled now too. Can you send directions to cancel island?
Obama his first term as President, marriage is only between a man and a women!
That's ridiculous!!
Find a good lawyer!
This is SO stupid.
I’m a retired Army woman. Do I support women in combat? Hell NO!
I understand some instances in firing amid sexual harassment scandals, but come in this was 30 plus years ago.
At this point why don’t we just fire everyone and get it out of our system?
The wimps shall inherit the earth.
Is Bien going to resign because of his classical democrat racism decades ago?
Can people not change now? You’re just cancelled.
WTF
Women should not serve in combat.
Why does the truth bother so much? Women are less capable and weaker than men For combat, it's called biology.
Women in combat is a great shame for any society. Gross.
Woman should not serve in combat.
What is happening to this country?! People have gone mad. Cancel culture needs to stop now. Decades ago! Decades! Where does it stop?
What a bunch of BS and his groveling apology is even worse.
this is absolutely pathetic, and we need to stop encouraging this childish behavior, none of us are perfect and think we have all said something in our lives that we regret... how about a little compassion.. or is that word not in your vocabulary.
This country is in serious trouble folks, if Biden wins we’ll be full blown socialist by Christmas
President Obama used to oppose gay marriage. I guess he needs to be cancelled since apparently no one is allowed to evolve, mature, or simply change their mind anymore. 🤷♂️
Repeal the 19th. repealthe19
Insanity continues to rule.
Task for today. Assuming you are old enough everyone should look into their box in the attic, basement or garage, in old diaries and look for anything dating back 33 years. If you can't find anything to make you think 'Gosh, did I really think that?' I'll be most surprised.
Gals in combat?! Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!
We might as well live in Wuhan.
This is absurd... i dont have words strong enough to express my true feelings, so ill just say this, fuck cancel culture and the hypocrisy behind it.
This is neither to endorse or dissent from what he said, but what is happening tofreedom of speech in this country all across the board.
Women still shouldn't be in combat arms.
But was he wrong on all counts?
Who bothers to dig something like this up in the first place? 👹
Ridiculous
Women should not be placed in combat or leadership roles.
Holy shit! It seems we can’t have an opinion anymore. And apparently we can’t evolve or change our minds. By that account I should basically have an issue with most people that I know! Stop playing the inclusive game boeing hypocrites communists
Then cancel everyone including Reuters. ALL have sinned against today's purity standards that are stupid and impossible. This has become a ridiculous 1984 on steroids exercise.
He says, 'My argument was embarrassingly wrong and offensive', but like, with the exception of a small minority of butch women, men ARE biologically stronger than most women. What's wrong with that? Should women be allowed to join? Yes. Will they perform as well as men? No.
Cancel culture had no doctrine of redemption.
What an absolute joke.
Robespierre is alive and well in the spirit of the age.
Sharpen your pitchforks lefties, alight your torches. The witch-hunt is on!
I served in the Army for 21 years 1984-2005. The Women's Army Corp ended in 1978. The culture doesnt change over night. I dont cry for the way it was I rejoice over how far we've come. Article 33 years ago...let it go. Seriously.
Why is the article offensive now, but it wasn't back when the article was written? Will everyone's background be scrutinized in a similar manner, for fair and equal treatment? What kind of precedent does this set for other and future employees?
This was a nearly universally held position at the time and is still probably a majority opinion in America. Silly to resign or get fired over this.
In 1986, Larry Fine argued the negative for women in the military to be used in combat, during 6th hour Debate class. He too should be canceled.
But he was correct. NOW he's wrong. Civilized people do not send their women to fight their wars. Barbarians do.
Stand up to the ignorant mob. This cowardice accomplishes nothing and only empowers the worst aspect of America.
He shouldn't have been forced out even if he wrote that article yesterday.
Something tells me that’s not why he resigned. And if it is, he’s just a weak weak little man
Disgusting
This gives me even less confidence in their integrity or quality.
zzzzz
So woke, so stupid.
Wait...he resigned because he wrote an article 30 years ago about how women shouldn't be in combat? Why? That's not exactly a controversial opinion even today.
Lol. If anyone ought be fired it's the vile employee who dredged history to find the article.
This is ridiculous.
Ridiculous
In the meantime convicted felon GF is turned into a hero
That’s how stupid society has become
canceled for an opinion that nearly everyone shared at the time and that nearly everyone has changed since.
This man influenced how women were accepted into MOS's and how women in the military were treated. I'm glad to see him leave.
The REAL reason he resigned was he saw just how hopeless the 737 MAX situation was and would rather quit.
Wazungu Wana shida kweli
Nothing like judging people by today's f*cked-up standards for being normal in the past.
Everyone run and check everything you've written since you could write! Someday someone out there will get you too!
oh dear. he should have known about 2020. check opinions at door. freedom of speech and expression has limits for many these days...
zzz
Did they fix all the planes that crash? Or just working on the spin?
Why?
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