What is the difference in size between this new aircraft and the "to be" Airbus? I have not seen any pictures of the Boeing craft. Bob Bob Fletcher Robert.Fletcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MILITARY DESIGN SECTION 10th Floor SW, CUBE 134 (916) 557-7235, 1325 J Street, Sacramento, CA. 95814-2922 -----Original Message----- From: Bill Hough [mailto:psa188@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 1:11 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: SF Gate: Boeing prepares 7E7 jet announcement in Seattle; Everett seen likely choice =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SF Gate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/news/archive/2003/12/11/f= inancial1444EST0175.DTL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, December 11, 2003 (AP) Boeing prepares 7E7 jet announcement in Seattle; Everett seen likely choice DAVE CARPENTER, AP Business Writer (12-11) 11:44 PST CHICAGO (AP) -- Poised to give the initial go-ahead to its proposed new 7E7 Dreamliner, Boeing Co. has tentatively scheduled a meeting with its employees Tuesday followed by a news conference in the Seattle area -- the leading contender to assemble the fuel-efficient jet. The arrangements add to widespread expectations that the company's board of directors will vote at its meeting Monday to offer the new mid-sized plane for sale to airlines -- and to assemble it in Everett, Wash. Boeing spokesman John Dern said Thursday the board is scheduled to deliberate on the 7E7 program Sunday and Monday at company headquarters in Chicago, with a final decision expected on Monday. No announcement is to be made until the following day, when Boeing executives have made plans to disclose the verdict to employees in Seattle, where its commercial airlines unit is based, and then hold a news conference there "if we've got news to announce," Dern said. Board approval of the 7E7, which would be Boeing's first all-new plane program in more than a decade, is thought to be likely since new chief executive Harry Stonecipher strongly endorsed the program after taking over from Phil Condit on Dec. 1. The Seattle Times reported in a copyright story last week that a team of Boeing executives concluded after an eight-month nationwide search that the plane should be assembled in Everett, where the company builds its entire widebody line of 747s, 767s and 777s. That recommendation is to be formally presented to the board at its Sunday-Monday meeting. In the meantime, Boeing has been making plans for Stonecipher to fly to Seattle on Tuesday to deliver the good news to employees, standing side by side with commercial airplanes chief Alan Mulally, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Wednesday. Dern declined to confirm or deny the reports. Next week's expected decision is the first of two steps needed to go ahe= ad with the 7E7. Depending on the results of sales efforts for the plane, the board would decide next year whether to formally launch the program. Other cities in the running for the 7E7 assembly site reportedly include Kinston, N.C.; Charleston, S.C.; and Mobile, Ala. Boeing shares rose 72 cents to $39.59 in afternoon trading on the New Yo= rk Stock Exchange. On the Net: www.boeing.com =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2003 AP