They are giving themselves a respectable margin this time,’’ said Richard Aboulafia, vice president for analysis at Teal Group, a Fairfax, Va.-based aerospace research company. “It’s better to get it good than get it on time.”The bad news, however, is that Boeing added no margin for its extremely aggressive production schedule, Aboulafia said. Boeing still plans to deliver 109 Dreamliners by the end of 2009, a reduction of only three from its original plans.
So far it looks like Boeing can get by with just a bruised corporate ego and its credibility still intact. But all that could change with further hiccups. So far the company's stock is down only about 9 percent from its recent peak of just over $106 this month.
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