On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:01:13 -0000, Jim Logajan
wrote in :

Larry Dighera wrote:
"Dan Luke" wrote"
A cynical person might suspect she waited so long to speak up because
she wanted to see whether it was the airlines she would be working for
after she left her gov't job.


Perhaps Blakey's appointment as president and CEO of the Aerospace
Industries Association has fallen apart:

Perhaps, but note that the AIA doesn't seem to be an organization that
would have air carriers among its members:

BLAKEY TO HEAD AEROSPACE ASSOCIATION
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#195975)
A new job is literally waiting in the wings for Marion Blakey when
her term as FAA Administrator ends next month. It was announced on
Tuesday () that Blakey will be the next president and CEO of the
Aerospace Industries Association, the trade association
representing the nation's manufacturers of aerospace equipment.
...
The AIA represents the nation's largest manufacturers and
suppliers of civil, military and business aircraft; unmanned
aerial vehicles; space systems; aircraft engines, missiles and
related components; aerospace services; and information
technology. Its early members included aerospace pioneers Orville
Wright and Glenn Curtiss.

I suspect manufacturers/suppliers would be at best neutral on the subject.

What leads you to believe that Boeing would be neutral on the subject
of airline operations? After all, it is the air carriers who purchase
their products.

Is it better for the suppliers in general to sell a lot of lower cost VLJs
or to sell a few higher cost "traditional" jets?

It would depend on whether the "supplier" builds airliners or VLJs,
IMNSHO.