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Technology Stocks : Boeing keeps setting new highs! When will it split? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gordon Gekko who wrote (2457)	9/22/1999 10:22:00 PM
From: larry larsen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3764

Gordon, This is the first sale this year but I think they sold 115 last year. You're right that the airplane is a bastard fit unlike the other Boeing aircraft and the Airbus line but the main competitor, the A-318 is a shrunk version of a larger model (A-320 I think). The 717 has its advantages, better fuel efficiency, for example. The question is, what's more important, economy of operation or commonality? The 717 may do quite well. The 737 started out slowly and eventually became the best selling airplane of all time. My only point is, it's too soon to write it off. By the way, it was announced that the 747 production rates will not be reduced to 1.5 from 2.0 per month next year as perviously planned (re: Seattle Times 9/22). This is big news and may have an impact on the price of the stock. Could there be orders that haven't been announced yet that they would be committing to increased projections for next year? Larry