QUOTABLES On sequestration: “We’re not out of the woods at all. We’re just entering the woods.” – Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney, on the status of deep U.S. defense cuts expected across the industry, during a call with reporters and analysts in July to discuss the company’s second-quarter earnings. The Wall Street Journal, July 25 “We’ve got to have this plane, we’ve got to have it in a high-quality fashion, and we’ve got to have it on time.” – Maj. Gen. John Thompson, U.S. Air Force program executive officer for Tankers, speaking to workers at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems about Boeing’s KC-46 tanker. Spirit in July shipped the first tanker forward fuselage section to Everett, Wash., where production of the tanker is underway. Boeing News Now, Aug. 16 “What you’re not going to find is 1,100 or 1,600 switches.” – Chris Ferguson, director of Boeing’s Crew and Mission Operations and a former NASA astronaut, talking about the interior of Boeing’s CST-100 spacecraft. Ferguson explained the modern interior is intuitive and designed not to burden astronauts with an inordinate amount of training to fly the spacecraft. Boeing News Now, July 23 BEIO NG FRONTEIRS / SEPTEMBER 2013 9
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