Peter Jacobs
Peter Jacobs
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Airbus had a splendid year in 1999 in achieving record new airplane orders, no doubt about it. At the same time, you have to remember that Boeing has an incredibly strong backlog of business -- nearly 1,500 airplanes. They should be able to the deliver the majority of new airplanes in the future.
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They were fighting all the time with the Shoshone. It was ironic they would be placed on the Shoshone reservation. It doesn't say much about the federal government and its policies.
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We're on the downward slope of the commercial airplane cycle. But given the rebound the company has been able to make in improving production efficiencies, they should be able to offset the decline in revenue as operating profits improve going forward.