"Phil Condit, Chairman and C*E*O of Boeing, a giant amongst giants in an industry that has had it's ups and downs in turbulent economic times, these times that they say we live in are one such time, where the hard cold economic realities that embrace the youths of our times and the youths of various Muslim sects...in this that which they call the holy season of Ramadan, how can the Chair of the most powerful company in that which they say is the history of jet fueled aviation, that which is when Bernoulli's effect takes hold of a wide swath of metal and hoists it into the sky like so much gossamer, how...I'm sorry Phil Condit, Chariman and CEO of Boeing...we no go to breaking News with Jim Miklaseshesheski at the Pentagon, what's going on Mik?"
I refuse to get on any plane named after the sound it makes when a part falls off. :o)
We all knew it would not be reasonable for aircraft manufacturers to proceed at their previous pace after 9/11. The need for aircraft will just be smaller, no getting around it.