QUOTABLES “BBJ customers are not buying off the rack— they are looking at a custom suit from Savile Row.” —Steve Taylor, president of Boeing Business Jets, invoking the famous London street of top-end tailors in describing VIP, government and charter customers who order Boeing jetliners, including the 787, and outfit them with customized interiors, avionics and exterior paint schemes. Thirteen BBJ 787s have been ordered. Boeing News Now, Feb. 5 “We cannot settle for No. 2. It’s just not in our makeup.” —Ray Conner, Boeing vice chairman and president and CEO of Commercial Airplanes, speaking to employees on the importance of regaining market share from competitor Airbus, which has a bigger commercial jetliner order backlog. Boeing News Now, Feb. 19 “It is analogous to standing at the top of the Empire State Building and tracking an ant.” —Andrew Kopito, director of civil space programs for Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems, describing the capabilities of the company’s newest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite for NASA that is orbiting 22,000 miles (35,400 kilometers) above the equator and tracks and communicates with low-altitude satellites. CBS News, Jan. 23 Frontiers March 2014 09
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