1,055 Minutes-Emirates, Dubai-Panama

It's up to Winging It to find a movie list for the "Trip". You may be riding from Dubai to Panama for 13,831 km, for those living south of USA’s North Border, it's about 8,594 miles for the Emirates 777-200-LR. This requires using a thumb drive feature for plugging into any portable or fixed screen device in a seat near you. Allow time for taking “amenity breaks” on the flight, a person should consider one movie every two hours while setting aside time for your own special 10 minute breaks between movies. The length of a thumb drive movie should only be consume about 110 minutes out of 120 minutes. The number of movies will be be constrained to a total 1,000 minutes before arriving in Panama from Dubai.

Recommendation: Before a trip build a movie library. Do a thumb drive download of your movies (buy a thumb drive containing a least a terabyte of data room). Ready to plug and play?

Franchise Movies are best for doing thumb-drive downloads, it saves time searching for individual movies when making multiple choices if searching for multiple actors or genre is too time consuming. Keeping it thematic is efficient method for long flights, while it entertains over the long haul it provides having story continuity with your favorite stars following through a grand story to its completion:

Franchise Actors I like Best: see below

Matt Damon - Bourne Identity                                                     Total Minutes

Tom Cruise   - Mission Impossible (potpourri)

Wiki Lists:

Mission: Impossible (1996)[edit]

Main article: Mission: Impossible (film)

Released in 1996. Ethan Hunt is framed for the murder of his fellow IMF agents during a Prague Embassy mission gone wrong and wrongly accused of selling government secrets to a mysterious international criminal known only as "Max". The action spy film was directed by Brian De Palma, and was produced by and starred Tom Cruise. Work on the script had begun early with filmmaker Sydney Pollack on board, before De Palma, Steven Zaillian, David Koepp, and Robert Towne were brought in. Mission: Impossible went into pre-production without a shooting script. De Palma came up with some action sequences, but Koepp and Towne were dissatisfied with the story that led up to those events. U2 band members Larry Mullen, Jr. and Adam Clayton produced an electronic dance version of the original theme song. The song went into top ten of music charts around the world and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. The film was the third-highest-grossing of the year and received positive reviews from film critics.

Mission: Impossible II (2000)[edit]

Main article: Mission: Impossible II

Released in 2000. Ethan Hunt sends Nyah Nordoff-Hall undercover to stop an ex-IMF agent's mad scheme to steal a deadly virus and sell the antidote to the highest bidder. The film was directed by John Woo and starredTom Cruise, who also served as the film's producer. Cruise reprises his role as agent Ethan Hunt of the IMF, a top-secret espionage and clandestine operation agency. The movie has strong thematic similarities with Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 spy thriller Notorious.^[2]

Mission: Impossible III (2006)[edit]

Main article: Mission: Impossible III

Released in 2006. Ethan Hunt, retired from being an IMF team leader and engaged to be married, assembles a team to face a ruthless arms and information broker intending to sell a mysterious dangerous object known as "The Rabbit's Foot".

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)[edit]

Main article: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Released in 2011. Ethan Hunt and the entire IMF are placed with the blame of the bombing of the Kremlin. He and three others must stop a man bent on starting a global nuclear war.

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)[edit]

Main article: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

The IMF agency comes under threat from the Syndicate, that they are a near-mythical organization of assassins and rogue operatives who kill to order. Faced with the IMF's disbandment, Ethan Hunt assembles his team for their most difficult mission yet —to prove the Syndicate's true existence and bring the organization down by any means necessary.

Mission: Impossible VI[edit]

On July 24, 2015, a report surfaced saying Paramount Pictures is already developing Mission: Impossible VI. At this time, no cast members are officially set to return for the sequel, but Cruise will again be producing along with David Ellison and Dana Goldberg at Skydance Productions and J.J. Abrams at Bad Robot.^[3]

On July 28, 2015, Tom Cruise confirmed on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart that a sixth Mission: Impossible film was being developed, and will hopefully begin production in 2016.^[4]

Nicolas Cage  - National Treasure 1,2,3 (Optional)

This is a guy list naturally. Sorry Ladies, call this a demonstration on building a list using movie themes on a flight lasting for 17 hrs and 35 minutes going to Panama. The beauty of it all, pick a movie that will put you asleep during the trip. A Disney Movie (Polly Anna) works best for for me. A Cary Grant film fest is enjoyable, as he is a mainstay for everybody. K.I.S.S. for the 1,000 minute ride gives self indulgent entertainment.

Headlines Keep Marking The Boeing Bullseye

Constantly, are the headlines today about the Boeing $489 Billion Order Backlog, 1740 Airplanes needed for the Indian Market over the next twenty years. Especially noteworthy is the first 737 Max fuselage winding through the Wichita factory, lining up for next year’s first flight. A sense of urgency meets an opportunity is in process. The Bulls eye for Boeing is the next ten years of change management pacing with market need.

• Boeing contends with $489B order backlog
• India to need 1,740 new aircraft
• Spirit Aerosystems celebrates first Boeing 737 MAX fuselage completion

All three articles suggest the tiger has a tail for which Boeing is grabbing onto during the next five years. The twenty year expansion for India starts now as early orders will mark which airplane an Indian aviation companies will latch onto for the full ride. The airplane for which Boeing will provide, is the 737 Max. Even though the twin aisle superstars gain the largest headlines, the Max will figure prominently in early orders taken by Indian centered aviation operations.  These first orders will line up for follow-on orders when India region stretches for its 1,740 units needed within the Boeing forecast, which it had recently offered for public consumption.

That backlog word keeps reappearing with these journals as if it is a troublesome word for despair, or a bragging word of Industrial might. It depends on which Boeing VP you talk to concerning how backlog affects their area of responsibility. Backlog could mean a solid financial future for CFO's, or it could mean a sales impediment for a Marketing VP. Both will agree backlog is a necessary evil component for planning, and portraying the popularity of a type as a talking point. Either way backlog is a two edge sward slicing the inner functions of Boeing's progress. A short backlog chokes cash flows and gives marketing a high ground of anytime, anywhere and any price appeal. The extremely large backlog suggest a shrinkage of liability and healthy cash flows from production optimization. However, marketing is telling customers that 2022 is a good year for a 787 delivery.

Which brings me to another point:

• Jet Airways to take Dreamliner plane delivery from 2017

Boeing's Short Term Market Is Active

Short Term Plans and Long Term projections are two different worlds in any business. The short term period is executed with high confidence as it brings resources together with an immediacy of implementation. The long term period is predicated on the success of the short term execution and the stability of any long term projections going forward as planned. However, the confidence level in the long term is subject to more risk factors than the short term.

It sounds like Mumble Jumbo. It does have a sense that planning as a mover and shaker is pretty crazy stuff. Boeing's CFO and planner has this to say about the airline industry.

Aviation Today: [Avionics Today 08-13-2015]

“Despite a lot of movement going on in the global marketplace — and we’re watching it — we’re not seeing a slowdown in demand,” said Greg Smith, chief financial officer and executive vice president of business development and strategy at Boeing, speaking at the Jefferies Industrials Conference in New York yesterday. “There’s a lot of volatility in the market … but, despite that, there’s pretty robust demand in the market around products and services.”

The trickledown effect on airlines become a hit and miss order barrage from Smith's statement. Indicating a robust market remains if selected by an active airline, while executing its own plans regardless of current world market conditions. An active airline is one who has reached its pinnacle within its five year plan and places the order out of the same sure momentum from planning and execution.

There may be less players in this mode than last year, but the orders are significant for those who are ready to place an order. It may be the last rush before the market takes a pause before the next surge. A twelve month pause would be the expectation. The year 2016 may go sub 800 for Boeing in total. It is acclimated for over 1,000 orders each year for some time. An order dip is coming for all makers in 2016. In the year 2018, the market should become normalized again with plus 1,000 orders a year. I am just saying this for the reasons quoted above from Greg Smith. He has let it slip, the market change is coming.

Don't panic, this is inside of Boeing's 20 year forecast for market demand. In spite of Boeing's outlook for aircraft numbers of abundance. Nothing has changed, if a market dip is experienced. Its how a manufacturer uses a "market dip" as an opportunity. 

Boeing has long since become a proponent of increased production capacity no matter the backlog issue. However, even though it adjust the 747 production downward, it is feathering its capacity for the next big orders for that type. It also, is successfully switching 767 capacity to the military function. Boeing also has another 50 Fedex 767 on the backlog. Its waning production stance on these models will not affect Boeing's over-all productivity efficiency. Boeing has at least five years of robust 787 production and not yet started producing the Max. It also has just begun plant expansion in Everett for the 777X wing plant. An order dip gives Boeing pause for optimization for backlog reduction and plant expansion at the same time. The world will need those aircraft in the next 20 years, no doubt.

Boeing is already taking the opportunity to step up its efforts for maximizing the "order pause". The post order pause period is already on the presentation boards in meetings. Boeing would hope to shape the order backlog by giving Boeing more flexibility in the innovation scope. A reduced backlog will give Boeing's market immediacy to the market place.

As discussed before, a customer will look at delivery time before ordering aircraft. The optimal leverage point in a sale is a customer's timing opportunity. Airlines have its five year plans too. Ordering an A-350 or a 787 is based on when it can have finances in order, and when the opportune arrives for inserting new aircraft. The manufacturer that can meet the production slot with a customer’s optimal opportunity for new aircraft wins the sale. Boeing wants that high ground. The former 787 backlog was too big to meet a customer's buying constraints on time.

A market pause shapes a manufacturer's backlog portfolio with optimization in the market place. Actually Boeing needs an order pause for the purpose of aligning it Max effort for balancing Both Market Inputs (MI) and Production Outputs (PO).

The MI have long outpaced the PO, where Boeing cannot keep up production balancing with sales. This is a complex balance. Production is more efficient with greater output. Boeing won't expand production capacity unless Marketing bring home the orders. Production can't become more efficient unless it has the backlog in place to make production enhancement decisions. Market can't sell units if the backlog is too far out and so forth. The Dog chases its tail until exhaustion.

The solution is an MI pause balancing the backlog. No "right minded" Market guru can refuse any viable sale. If some airline today offered Boeing an order for 1,000 Max over the next three years, Boeing would say yes, sign here and here. 

The PO people would have to go just dump in the portable latrine in Renton Wa. Then on another day, the PO people are told to slow down production to 25 units a months on the 737 Max. Back they go to the portable latrine to pay homage to the work slowdown.

The only control for Boeing is found in the flexibility of market demand and fall, which forces all airplane makers to build flexible production facilities where work numbers can be accommodated and machinery can move in out under a facility reconfiguration work order.

The 767 line is the new MI model as it wrestles with its new found market for its type (s). The 777X is also employing a plant change-over in Everett, Wa. The 737 Renton Plant is going to build 52, 737 NG and Max at the same time in several years. Boeing has opted its 787 for a two plant model in both Everett and Charleston, SC. It hints at expanding the SC plant with more production options as the Market place flexes. Therefore the rule goes as follows:

MI * Backlog (f) - PO= optimal Efficiency (OE) for both the customer and manufacturer. Boeing's goal is to move its backlog at an optimal five year buffer. Any longer of a backlog, it losses sales opportunity. Any shorter than three years, Marketing has adjust prices lower to move product. Optimal Backlog time is about 42 months. 

The real variable is Plant flexibility affecting production efficiency.

Finally, American Industrial Might is Ready To Crow About F-35 Stuff

It has been a long while since people have heard a positive story on military aircraft in the works. Below is a link, and an encapsulation of the F-35 program. The F-22 project gave the pentagon such heart burn it stopped it at 187 copies; after its extreme price per copy amounts, and testing short comings for re-work stalled the Inventory. The real big show was the F-35 Joint Fight program.

It will be $135 million a copy or thereabouts in that amount. In short, its the same war Fighter for the Air Force, Navy, and Marines. The one size fits all services is rapidly reaching a development climax, and will become operational in the next months. Lockheed will build on the US Treasury for its defense.

With all the clamor over the F-35 a,b,c type stumbling forward, it appeared as a less than an adequate result for defending our nation. 

However, not so fast my friends. The F-35 is making a big comeback in a big way. Even the F-22 has become such a valued military commodity that it is sparingly used in everyday conflicts and saved just for all-out war theaters  of strategic importance. 

The F-35's are the equivalent of various Special Forces units, for Boots in the Air, missions. The F-35: "if you can't find it, you can't hit it." It doesn't need Mach 3+, only 1,200 nmph. Its longbow approach will stifle adversary encroachment beyond a 100 mile arc of control for the mission. Its flights, mainly would engage "off-shore dog fighting scheme" (shooting down an adversary from 100 nm out) However, in actual close encounters, if it happens, the air superiority emerges, since an adversary can't turn away fast enough (F-35 pulls 9 g's I hear). 

The only thing shooting it down is the $135 million cost per unit. However, if Lockheed builds boatloads of F-35 for the services mentioned, that cost would naturally come down to sub $100 million levels per flying copy. Mass production could make the F-35 arrive at a 10 units per $Billion clip. It has a fifty year shelf life with future follow-on enhancements would extend it beyond a usual fighter life cycle. The F-35 family of war machines should be good to go until 2050+, or long after my own end of service.

 Lockheed Feature:

Ten Signs The F-35 Fighter Program Is Becoming A Smashing Success

Today There Are 787 unfilled 787 Orders

1095, 787 ordered and 308, 787 delivered, leaving 787, 787 to be delivered. China would be proud of these numbered sequences. Only an aviation mind-head with little to do would come up with this numbering sequence.  However in all dynamic situations the program skillet moves numbers around when the market is hot like drops of water.

Consider this a mathematical screen grab only a nitwit could report. The illustration does represent the Boeing 787 is a solid performer after so much ill attention given for its teething glitches. The three hundred and eight, 787 delivered, supersedes other programs that have come and gone in aviation's history.

DC-10, 20 year build = 446 including for both freight and passenger.  

L-1011, 16 year build= 250

B-787, 4 year build=308

While working on several other several other scribbles, the research never stops on the 787 and this is a prime example. The 787, benching at 308 units delivered, is no particular mark, but it was time to note how far the program has gone since first delivery in the fall of 2011. 

In a tribute to the 787 Having Fire and Hail
For your enjoyment, James Taylor, in one of my favorites.

The All You Can Eat Buffet

Aerospace has a billionaire's tentacles reach into the Aircraft Workings. Both Boeing and Airbus must now shake hands with Warren Buffet's investment inceptions inside his manufacturing investment grabs.

Warren Buffet's Biggest Buy: Precision Castparts

"Precision Castparts is not a household name, but its products can be in aircraft, power plants, and various other industrial components. The Boeing 787 and the Airbus 350 are considered integral to its success. Buffett notes, "For good reasons, it is the supplier of choice for the world's aerospace industry, one of the largest sources of American exports."

In the biggest deal of his career -- no small thing when you consider his five decades of investing -- Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) is acquiring metal parts manufacturer Precision Castparts (NYSE: PCP) for $37.2 billion cash.

The deal further enmeshes the conglomerate in the industrial segment of the economy and follows his purchase of Iscar Metalworking in 2006 and chemical maker Lubrizol in 2011.

The Buffet has moved his sizable fortunes into areas where two sizable players, AKA World's largest names, which are bantered back and forth in discussions, and are the real subservient customers for Buffet's musings.

Both Boeing and Airbus need Buffet's directed manufacturing of cast parts in order to fly all its airplanes. Not only are they now handled by Buffet parts, GE goes to the same Buffet Bin of parts for its engine parts when making cast parts for engines on the same aircraft. GE goes along with the military contracts as well.

Buying Precision Castparts is actually a Boeing and Airbus endorsement, through this third party Buffet Checking and Savings accounts, referenced above in his $37.2 Billion cash on the counter purchase. The last time I checked my wallet I had a five, two ones and some loose change. Buffet reached in his wallet and paid cash for the deal. Or he had a team of his staff reach into its brief cases and pull out the cash transaction.

A Retreat is Ordered By Airbus Its Moving Its Australian Sales Kiosk Home

Qantas is no longer talking to Airbus over crumpets in Australia. Boeing is smacking Airbus around the South East Asia region. The Airbus Kiosk is just like the one at the mall which has few curious people walking by its brochure rack, only staffed by a sales person sitting on a stool. 

Its back to Paris for regrouping. Airbus moved its Pacific sales head back in an obvious retreat from a region, since it has not made headway against Boeing.

The Sydney Morning Herald:

Airbus to base new Pacific sales head in France rather than Sydney

What does this all mean? It means that Airbus is regrouping its campaign and strategy on how it will handle the Dreamliner, the Max and the 777X anywhere. The age of Boeing commonality has struck Airbus in its wheel house. Fold the tent and come home. Airbus is in retreat for a while, "call me" is the sign hung right below the For Lease sign, the building owner has hung. 

The same question above is what does this all mean? The second part of this answer, Boeing has accomplished what it stated in the last ten years, and Airbus thought it not possible as if Boeing were doing some awefull boosting, ala Airbus style. They can't, they won't, and its impossible. to do... what did they say? All Airbus thought was we can do the A-350 in sub Dreaming state. Airbus stamped NEO on anything existing and convince its duped customer base with technological platitudes. Boeing was stranded with earning market place loyalty on its comeback. Out comes the Max on paper. It has become a furious paper airplane war between the Max and The NEO. It has become a not so furious paper Airplane war between the 777X and the A-350 / A-380. The 787 is everything the A-350 can't be. It is still mounting orders while the A-350 family stalls at 780 orders. The 787 is currently 1095 orders with multiple 787 orders hanging on the clock of discussions and agreements. By years end this story will gain a validation from the Boeing order book. 

In fact Airbus is losing orders, the longer the airplane wars are fought, rather than gaining orders. The market must know something that outsiders like me don't know. The common Boeing theme is better, than a common Airbus theme, and it shows in its type orders from top to bottom. Even though Airbus held a one year NEO start-up order barrage over the Boeing Max decision coming later in the market sequence, it has since encroached into the Airbus market turf during the last year. Given time for a choice, a customer leans towards Boeing in more cases. Where in the beginning it was a run on the Airbus order book without Boeing having a counter point. It now has become pack your bags and go home Airbus. 

Dog Days Of Summer Feature Rail Guns and Things

Navy Pursuing Upgraded Railgun, Higher-Power Laser Gun By 2020

Am I a Navy guy? No way was I an ex gunny sergeant or a Seaman First class. But I do have an admiration for our nation's critical arm of the military. The new Navy is making whoopee with new weapons. Rail Guns and laser shots are not your Grandfather’s tools. The Navy wants tests on its auto load rail guns, having shells flying out at 10 per minute reaching up to 75 miles spot on targets. It is also going for 150 MW laser shots, that can bring down multiple incoming war heads or melting space space platforms monitoring the battle field. Energy for each is supplied by the ship's engine plant as exampled in the New DDG USS Zumwalt. Currently, the littoral fast attack boats such as the Independence are used for its weapons tests beds. Several littoral types have been tasked for duty for testing downsized weapons arrays of this class.

The Navy Test Platform for Weaponry destined for operational deployment is the Independence

The Year 2020 is a milestone year for the Navy as it will have completed the initial test and install for these weapons mentioned. 

One of two electromagnetic railgun prototypes on display aboard joint high speed vessel USS Millinocket (JHSV 3) in port at Naval Base San Diego on July 8, 2014. US Navy photo.

USNI News:

“Sometime in the very near future” the Navy will award a development contract for the larger follow-on system, a laser gun of 100 to 150 kw. That weapon will go out to sea for a demonstration by FY 2018, he said, keeping in line with the goal of transitioning technology from the lab to the warfighter as quickly as possible for operational testing."

USS Millinocket (JHSV 3)

The Navy is undergoing a Sea Change with its technology and is testing smaller class weapons on its Avant-guarde ships as depicted above. While by 2020 it will be upping its weapons class from 30 MW to a 100 - 150 MW configurations, meeting its intended weapons level.

What all this means it’s better to be in the US Navy than someone else’s Navy no matter where a boat floats or is dry docked.  

Boeing Orders Talks Smack, and Then Banks Deliveries During July 2015

In a summery, Boeing delivered 58 units of all types over Airbus number of 52. Those are cash register deliveries. In other news, Boeing smacked down Airbus with 101 orders for all types, totaling, $15.56 Billion in future revenue receipts, as compared with Airbus' smallish number in comparison. Its July orders are for 26 aircraft from all types, totaling 2.6 Billion in equivalent monetary valuation.

World Largest Aircraft Building At Boeing Everett

The overshot of July with Boeing; it now holds the lead for the annual grand total on both orders and deliveries; at the end of one month past the midpoint in 2015 (Huh? July 31 , 2015). The 423 Boeing total book orders has breathed in a lead over Airbus' own 405 aircraft in total booked so far during 2015. I believe this to be the first official end of the month lead over Airbus for orders during 2015.  I'll check that out since it has been blurted out. Airbus has long held the 2015 order lead since January.

Boeing is well on its way of notching The World’s Largest Aircraft Manufacturer status over Airbus in 2015. Airbus made such a Big deal of obtaining that title during its few years it held that distinction, Winging It thought it take the "Tackiness Badge" away from Airbus bragging points, and start spouting about World's largest award in advance of any Boeing humility over the issue.

Winging It has purposefully been ramping-up the 2nd half of 2015 as a robust push by Boeing on all fronts of the equation. You may know it as the balance sheet equation. End of year predictions are going to be difficult from this peanut gallery position. Any attempt by an amateur from the nose bleed section should not be attempted. However, as far as the 787 are concerned I am still holding firm on about 100, 787 ordered and 130 787 delivered during 2015. The rest of the family has gone rouge for any actual guessing at this point so I am going to take a press view, and not say anything more until checked twice by unidentified sources.  

World's Largest Airplane as Depicted By Airbus In A Vision

Back In 2005 Dixon-Alan Joyce Thought This For Qantas (Updated)

Qantas had just signed for 65, 787 sending part of the order to Jet Star and then optioning for 50 more, totaling 115. The great recession hit, taking the Boeing star customer downtown to the bank, only to find its balance sheet look liked the recession itself, dire. Qantas woke up with a delusion of grandeur headache, and backed off Boeing by firming on 14 787-8 with Jetstar and opting the 50 787-9 to Qantas. Somewhere Qantas dropped 51 orders off before the Bank drive through leaving Boeing with the embarrassment of cancellation, during its Airplane Wars with Airbus. 

However fast forward, it’s the 2nd half of 2015. The ten years of Qantas regrouping brings hope to Boeing. The never-mind people from Qantas are back to studying routes with the 787-9 as the Qantas "what if" kids on the block can cipher its way into a purchase with Boeing.  

Australian Business Traveler Quotes: From 2005 and on

"Its new technology engines, cutting-edge airframe and increased seat count also offer a significant reduction in costs per ASK compared to the current Boeing 767." Mr Dixon said Qantas' current order was a mix of B787-8 and later model B787-9 aircraft. "When the B787-9 model is ready for service in 2011, it will represent an even greater engineering breakthrough, flying further than the B787-8 but with capacity for 50 additional passengers," he said." 

ASK used in Australia or: Available Seat Miles (ASMs) used in USA; Per MIT Glossary

A common industry measurement of airline output that refers to one aircraft seat flown one (K=Kilometer, M=Mile), whether occupied or not. An aircraft with 100 passenger seats, flown a distance of 100 miles, generates 10,000 available seat miles.

"Mr Dixon said the B787's lighter fuselage, which was constructed from composite material, allowed the aircraft to: 

* fly further with a full payload; 

* burn less fuel; 

* fly faster than any other aircraft of its size; and 

* reduce maintenance costs. 


"The composite fuselage also allows increased window size and a lower cabin altitude pressure that reduces the effects of jetlag." 

Remembering my own School of Business motto, "Time is Money" (not) Lux Et Veritas (Likely).

Time is pushing Qantas. They must of already computed the routes in modeling programs after long ago when receiving inputs for weights, winds, and distances using the Boeing performance data. It’s more likely the route study was completed before this intersection of discussion for the 787-9 vs the A-350, as just announced. 

Remembering, they just dissed the A-350-9 as a no go, because they did a side by side with the 787-9, and it came out as a Boeing win. Thus claiming its Business model and routes traveled suited choosing Boeing 787-9 best.

Australian Business Traveler Quote:

"We looked at both types of aircraft, on what the relative positions of the A350 and Boeing 787 were, and we found on all accounts the 787-9 was the better aircraft for us, for the market that we're talking about and the network that we're talking about" Joyce said."

Therefore, suggesting Qantas is waiting for route outcomes on its study for the 787-9 is only honoring the Santa Clause in its working papers, after backing the decision to go with Boeing. They are checking it twice for the stock holders (Santa Clause)! 

The Sydney Morning Herald Chart

Qantas: Will Boeing 787 dreams finally become reality?

Qantas is avoiding buyer’s regrets for some potential anguished investors buying-in on the upcoming Boeing-deal announcement. In advance they have done its due diligence, and can answer every question with authority. Everything is backed by research, planning and conclusions. The only thing(s) lacking is a Boeing-deal, is a Qantas implementation of its plan for it to become a reality instead of just a Dream.