Boeing executives, not surprisingly, have a different view of the plane.

Boeing executives know the risks all too well: developing the 747 nearly sank the company.

Current and former Boeing executives are reluctant to criticize them.

It is also possible that some top Boeing executives might be implicated in the investigation.

There is no evidence to prove that, and Boeing executives are fuming.

He asked the Boeing executives whether there would be any left if the two that he saw were gone.

Boeing executives say that they are often treated as a political football.

Boeing executives say the deal is necessary to sell airplanes in the East and to hold down costs.

However the plane is financed, Boeing executives predicted that it would not be much of a threat.

That view is shared by some Boeing executives, according to someone familiar with their thinking.