Boeing announces working name, execs to lead new jet SEATTLE (AP) =97 Boeing on Wednesday named the top executives who will lead= =20 development of its new super-efficient jet, called, for now, the 7E7. The=20 twin-aisle 7E7 jet =97 E stands for efficiency, said spokesman Tom Brabant = =97=20 will seat between 200 and 250 passengers and have a range of between 8,000= =20 and 9,200 miles. Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Alan Mulally=20 said in December the company would build the more conventional 767-sized=20 jet, instead of its much-touted, futuristic Sonic Cruiser plane, which=20 would have traveled near the speed of sound. Cash-strapped airlines=20 consulted by Boeing were more interested in the fuel-efficient model,=20 Boeing said. Boeing expects to begin offering the plane to customers in=20 2004, with the first jet being put in service in 2008. Boeing tapped=20 Michael B. Bair, 46, as the senior vice president of the Boeing 7E7=20 program. Bair, who will report directly to Mulally, previously led the=20 company's Commercial Aviation Services business which works with airline=20 customers for maintenance, training and other support services. Walter B. Gillette, 61, will lead the engineering, manufacturing and other= =20 development aspects of the project. Gillette, a longtime engineer who has=20 worked on every new Boeing commercial jet model, most recently spearheaded= =20 the Sonic Cruiser project. John N. Feren, 47, will lead sales and marketing of the new jet. He most=20 recently was the company's vice president of sales for airlines of the=20 Americas and leasing companies worldwide. Craig A. Saddler, 43, will lead=20 finance and business operations. Saddler was chief financial officer of=20 Boeing's Shared Services Group. In addition, Boeing said Michael J. Cave,=20 42, Boeing Commercial's chief financial officer, will replace Bair in the=20 Commercial Aviation Services department. Robert J. Pasterick, 47, will=20 replace Cave. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@escape.ca Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Site of the Week: www.pichemas.com TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************