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This revelation will no-doubt spur a discussion that laments the actions of management or labor, but the publication of the documents - and their content - illustrate just how deep the adversarial "arm's-length" relationships runs between Boeing and its workforce stakeholder. Boeing's own description of a labor "hostage situation" is perhaps the clearest example of the state of its interaction with the representation of its largest group of employees.

The Piepenbrock Framework explains not only product development strategies of big "Blue" leaps, but the short-term decision-making that erodes trust and collaboration for mutual benefit of the organization's stakeholders. Boeing's relationship with labor, and labor's relationship with Boeing, by this standard, is a deep shade of Blue with little collaboration or trust to be found.

The documents illustrate, above all, how Boeing's leadership views its strategic decisions through a zero-sum lens that any move that creates a winner, must also by definition, create a loser.

For reference, the other codenamed projects in the document - Secretariat and Horseshoes 2 - are references to the July 2009 Vought Aircraft Industries 787 acquisition as well as the second half of the Global Aeronautica purchase which came in December 2009.

The CoA for JA801A, which was received September 23, is the final regulatory step for each delivered aircraft, certifying that it meets all production and type specifications and that no outstanding work is left to be done on the aircraft before it is officially delivered to the customer.

The official handover is really an elaborate multi-party conference call with banks, the airline and Boeing undertaking the procedure of transferring funds and confirming their receipt. While, Boeing has received pre-delivery payments from the airlines who have ordered the 787, this final transfer marks the largest share of the transaction.

Boeing's last first delivery was on May 15, 1995 to United Airlines for the first 777-200. This excerpt from 21st Century Jetliner takes you inside the room for the historic, albeit bureaucratic, handover of the 777.