[thinden]

I'd say without the government on its side, Boeing would have a much greater time providing profits to its stockholders.

interesting point you make!

in '95 BA was trading in the low 20's.
by '96 the stock was trading around high $20's to low $30's.

in what may be considered on of the most contrarian moves of all time, after the "center fuel tank" explosion of TWA flight 800 (which, ironically never grounded the fleet - including AF1), Boeing stock basically doubled to nearly $60 per share over the next two years!

[thinden]

bold off

[honway]

http://www.fas.org/news/usa/1997/03/bmd970314e.htm

Link

Slip of the tongue?

During the course of the on-the-record briefing by Gen. Howell M. Estes, Commander in Chief, U.S. Space Command, at the Pentagon, conducted Thursday, Mar. 13, 1997, Gen. Estes responded to a question regarding TWA Flight 800. Gen. Estes at one point said: “I looked at it when I was the J-3 here when TWA 800 was shot down.” Gen. Estes did not mean to say TWA 800 was “shot down.”