Alan Mulally
Alan Mulally
Alan Roger Mulallyis an American engineer, business executive, and former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ford Motor Company. He retired from Ford Motor Company on July 1, 2014. Ford had been struggling during the late-2000s recession, returned to profitability under Mulally, and was the only American major car manufacturer to avoid a bailout fund provided by the government. Mulally's achievements at Ford are chronicled in the book, An American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth4 August 1945
contract fair offer reflects
We think it reflects a very fair and very competitive contract offer going forward.
absolutely bought counting receiving walking
We would be absolutely walking away from our commitments to our customers, ... They bought the airplanes and are counting on receiving the airplanes. There is no way we could recover.
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Although the quality of the vehicles is tremendously improving year after year but the underlying reasons that people are buying cars have really gotten focused. It's for high quality vehicles, reliable, fuel-efficient, and safe of course.
recovery past people
We've incentivized people in the past to maybe turn their vehicles over, you know sooner rather than later. And in the United States with the squeeze on discretionary income and credit that even as the economy comes back there's probably more of a chance than not that it'll be a slower recovery on auto sales.
technology fit lifestyle
The success of SYNC is another proof point that we are doing just that. We will continue to innovate and expand the capability of SYNC by integrating even more new technologies that fit our customers’ lifestyles.
moving airplane up-in-the-air
An automobile has about 10,000 moving parts, right? An airplane has two million, and it has to stay up in the air.
believe employees provides
We believe this settlement provides what IAM-represented employees say they want in this contract, where they want it.
combined global great market order portfolio position product strategy support validated
We also solidified the transformation of our product line, and the market validated our strategy with every order during the year. Our new portfolio of airplanes from 100 to 450 seats, combined with our global support services, put us in a great position for the long term.
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The value of the Next-Generation 737 family continues to grow with the 737-700ER, and we are delighted to have ANA as the launch customer. This new 737 derivative is a great example of how Boeing helps our customers succeed by responding to new emerging airline business requirements.
absolutely cannot emphasize mean strike walking
I just cannot emphasize enough what a strike would mean to us because we would absolutely be walking away from our commitments to our customers. There's just no way we would recover.
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Clearly, the economic slowdown in Asia is driving air traffic down, which impacts out customers' plans and operations.
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Clearly a strike would be devasting to the Boeing company and everybody associated with the Boeing company.
customers incredible year
Clearly, 2005 was an incredible year for our customers and for Boeing.
cannot emphasize mean strike
I cannot emphasize enough what a strike would mean for us,