Igor Sikorsky, early aviation pioneer and inventor in the helicopter once said:

"In those early days, the Chief Engineer was almost always the Chief Pilot as well. This had the automatic result of eliminating poor engineering very early in aviation."

Maybe time for a return to that standard for Boeing?

What ever happened to the Boeing/Aerion joint venture for a supersonic bizjet? The Boeing/Embraer JV for a 737 replacement? The Boeing/Safran JV to produce their own APU engines in-house? Will this JV also die on the vine?