"He’s able to pretty quickly ascertain the difference between technical requirements and things that we can move out of the way," Kelly Ortberg said.

Boeing Co.'s chief executive officer said Elon Musk is helping the planemaker work through bottlenecks that have caused Air Force One jets to fall years behind schedule.

Boeing is working with Elon Musk to speed up the delivery of new Air Force One jets after President Trump expressed ire over the delays of the highly specialized aircraft, the company’s CEO said. “Elon Musk is actually helping us a lot in working through the requirements on VC-25 to try to help us get the things that are non-value added constraints out of the way so that we can move faster and get the president those airplanes delivered.