Mr. CONNER: We've got approximately 200 volunteer people fighting it and then there's about 1, 000 of the instant team that are actively fighting this fire.
The company says Mr. Conner appeared at the Jan. 11 news conference at the FAA's request because as the head of jetliner production he is Boeing's main liaison to the regulator.
Commercial airplane chief Ray Conner was dispatched to represent Boeing at a Jan. 11 news conference with senior U.S. government officials, and Mr. McNerney has assigned Mr. Conner and other executives to handle much of the contact with airlines, according to a person familiar with the customer conversations.