The aerospace industry seems to have troubles finding and retaining female executives, ... I suppose there is a different atmosphere in that industry than in the others because your primary customers are normally the fliers and the military, and of course the commercial, and they're fairly jealously hanging on to their all-male setup. So it may be part of an attitude there. |
The aerospace industry seems to have troubles finding and retaining female executives. I suppose there is a different atmosphere in that industry than in the others because your primary customers are normally the fliers and the military, and of course the commercial, and they're fairly jealously hanging on to their all-male setup. So it may be part of an attitude there. |
The airlines have gone after the delivery slots at the same time like lemmings. It's pushed the industry to what looks like an order peak and makes it not likely to be repeated any time soon. |
The Chinese market is probably going to be as strong as any single country in the world over the next 20 years, ... so it's certainly one that Boeing wants to continue to be dominant in. |
The incumbent would usually have the edge, |
The major disappointment was perhaps the lack of revenue growth. If you look at each of the (defense unit) segments, they all with one exception seem weaker than anticipated. |
The quarter looks good and it's pretty much across the board. Their military work in all sectors was strong, as was their aircraft. |
The two parties are very far apart. |
The union could bargain for higher wages to cover the higher health care costs. |
There really wasn't any improvement on the defense side from a year ago. I can see why Wall Street isn't too delighted by it. But it's a temporary thing. |
There undoubtedly are airlines out there that would prefer not to take the huge step to the A380 but want something better than what they already have, |
There undoubtedly are airlines out there that would prefer not to take the huge step to the A380 but want something better than what they already have. |
There's some money being spent in the replacement of weapons and munitions that are heavily used. |
They (defense companies) are beginning to settle down in their operations at a much higher level than they were three or four years ago as they become much more efficient. What we are seeing now is some fear (of budget cuts) being dissipated by the strong performance. |
They (defense stocks) are above normal prices, but that is based on above-normal expectations. If those expectations are dashed by one or two companies, they are certainly going to feel it in their stock prices. |