Boeing lost $1.67 billion dollars in the last quarter, and clearly, organized labor is to blame… you know, just like union contracts are to blame for budget deficits in King County, the state of Washington, and thousands of other state and local governments throughout the nation. (Not to mention the declining fortunes of the newspaper industry, but don’t get me started.)

And logically, in addition to breaking its unions, the obvious path to renewed profits for Boeing would be to replace its experienced CEO with a complete and total amateur who has never even managed a staff of one, let alone an actual business. I mean, that’s what we’ve advised King County voters to do, arguing that “the county must act more like private-sector businesses,” so it only makes sense that a private-sector business like Boeing do the same, right?