[remarkEon]

>I think if Boeing care's about their reputation so badly, they'd get out of the defense contractor business.

Huh? Boeing's defense products are a separate division from commercial aviation. And those products are the best out there. Maybe expensive, I guess, and the usual criticism of scope creep and project management applies.

[ssalka]

That may be the case, but I think many people will hear "Boeing" and immediately classify them along with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grunman, Raytheon etc.