Share 'Boeing official expects downturn to end, 787 to fly in June'

W. James (Jim) McNerney, Jr., chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer of The Boeing Company in Chicago, has assured shareholders that the company is in strong shape, despite having been affected by what he calls a "once-in-a-lifetime" downturn. His optimism, in the face of the company and its customers hit hard by the economic slump, centers on Boeing's backlog of orders, ...