Boeing, oops.

[WestSideBilly]

[rose-colored-coolaid]

[jillayne]

At some point, this is going to pop out but I don't know why we aren't talking about some of the possible OTHER reasons why Boeing didn't get this contract.

Boeing was involved in a major national ethics scandal in regards to securing government contracts, right?

They promised to clean up their act and hired a new guy. Didn't the new guy get caught having a consensual affair with one of his subordinates? If I remember, he tried to shield her from publicity but she eventually resigned as well.

I would bet $5.00 that somebody on the committee voted to rank Boeing's ethical infractions high on the list of reasons to chose their competitor.

[WestSideBilly]

[david_mcmanus]

Another delay for good measure. Now they're back to late 3Q 2009.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/b ... elays.html

[lamont]

[WestSideBilly]

And if you were really smart you would have sold it when it was $105 back in December.

[SeattleMoose]

1) 787 delayed
2) Lost Tanker contract
3) Lost BAMS contract

Isn't there ANY good news somewhere?

[rose-colored-coolaid]

Must be, they led a stock rally last week.

[SeattleMoose]

I gave up long ago trying to figure out the "logic" behind stock trends. Bad is good and good is bad seems to work the best.....

[The Tim]

So apparently this is the best they can come up with for with the 787, this far into the project:

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Seriously? And when are they claiming they're going to deliver this thing? Yikes.

[Cougar]

And check out the 787's handy cockpit. Holster for your favorite choice of protection, reclining seats for those long trips when you want a snooze, a wet bar to quench your thirst, and a dance floor to shake your jiggy! Golly, is this why airfare is taking a hike? Soon they will be offering seats to "fly with the captain'!