I'm a big fan of having a team with different thoughts and backgrounds and experiences; that makes for a better enterprise and better decision-making.
— Dennis Muilenburg
I have always loved aeroplanes and spacecraft and the design element.
I think it's really important that we have a level playing field for global trade.
Boeing has won in the marketplace for 100 years because of innovation, and we need to continue to invest in innovation for the future. And our cash generation strength is what allows us to do that.
As we continue to drive the benefits of integrating our enterprise skills, capabilities, and experience - what we call operating as 'One Boeing' - we will find new and better ways to engage and inspire employees, deliver innovation that drives customer success, and produce results to fuel future growth and prosperity for all our stakeholders.
We know our future's not guaranteed, so every day, we have to relentlessly pursue additional actions to drive our competitiveness.
Eventually we're going to go to Mars, and I firmly believe the first person that sets foot on Mars will get there on a Boeing rocket.
First thing we're going to do with the benefits of tax reform is we're going to invest in innovation. We're going to invest in capital, new product lines. It's going to create more manufacturing jobs and our shareholders are going to benefit, too. We're going to improve dividends, share repurchase.
It's vital to understand where you may have gaps in your knowledge or experience and to surround yourself with a team that complements that.
The opportunity ahead of us in terms of transforming how we design and build, how we manufacture, is even greater than some of the product innovation that we're going to bring to the table.
When you think about our 13,000 small and medium businesses in America that are part of our supply chain, and that's more than 1.5 million manufacturing jobs. So it's a significant job generator.
I know things like a 20% corporate tax rate will allow us to be more competitive in the global marketplace. That's what our competitors enjoy today around the world. And when we're more competitive, we win in the marketplace, and that allows us to invest and grow for the future.
I've always thought of Boeing as the premier aerospace company in the world, so as I was coming up through school, it was the company I aspired to work for.
We can create opportunities to generate value by working across the entire breadth of Boeing.
I think the work on tax reform, the work that's being done on regulatory reform is very important. And just having a seat at the table, I think, is so important for business today as we think about what's going to benefit the economy of this country, how we're going to create great manufacturing jobs.
I think tax reform is the single most important thing we can do in this country to unleash economic energy. It's going to unleash growth.
It's very important that we all have a common understanding of our purpose as a business - what we aspire to - and a strategy for achieving it.
We're not in the business of taking large operations in the U.S. and moving them overseas.
Every airplane sale overseas generates U.S. jobs.
The future of innovation has to include not only the technology, but economic viability.
Our continued investment in productivity will add to our margins, and you'll see that reflected in the bottom line earnings.
I spent the first 15 years of my career in Seattle.
The thing I love about President Trump is he's really focused on helping business succeed.
