The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call January 31, 2024 10:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Matt Welch - VP, IR

Dave Calhoun - President and CEO

Brian West - EVP and CFO

Conference Call Participants

Peter Arment - RW Baird

Sheila Kahyaoglu - Jefferies

Myles Walton - Wolfe Research

Seth Seifman - JPMorgan

Jason Gursky - Citi

Doug Harned - Bernstein

Ron Epstein - Bank of America

Cai von Rumohr - TD Cowen

Noah Poponak - Goldman Sachs

Operator

Thank you for standing by. Good day everyone and welcome to The Boeing Company's Fourth Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. The management discussion and the slide presentation plus the analyst question-and-answer session are being broadcast live over the Internet. [Operator Instructions]

At this time, for opening remarks and introductions, I'm turning the call over to Mr. Matt Welch, Vice President of Investor Relations for The Boeing Company. Mr. Welch, please go ahead.

Matt Welch

Thank you and good morning everyone. Welcome to Boeing's quarterly earnings call. I am Matt Welch and with me today are Dave Calhoun, Boeing's President and Chief Executive Officer; and Brian West, Boeing's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. As a reminder, you can follow today's broadcast and slide presentation at boeing.com. As always, detailed financial information is included in today's press release.

Furthermore, projections, estimates and goals included in today's discussion involve risks, including those described in our SEC filings and in the forward-looking statement disclaimer at the end of the web presentation. In addition, we refer you to our earnings release and presentation for disclosures and reconciliation of certain non-GAAP measures.

Now, I will turn the call over to Dave Calhoun.

Dave Calhoun

Thank you, Matt. Good morning everybody and thanks for joining us. While we report on our fourth quarter results today, my focus is on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 and the actions we are taking as a company that strengthen quality and earn the confidence of our customers, the confidence of our regulators, and the flying public. Brian will cover the financials. I will keep my comments strictly to the issue at hand.

I'll start upfront by apologizing again to Alaska Airlines, to their crew and to their passengers and more broadly, to all of our customers who were affected by the 737 MAX 9 grounding. The NTSB's investigation into the accident is ongoing.

I have an amazing amount of confidence in the work that they do. They bring experts to the investigation. And they take all the time that's necessary to draw accurate conclusions, and we intend to be there with them.