Does the (former) president of Douglas think this was a good outcome? What think you?
Harry stonecipher could care less- he managed one of the biggest con games in history- by using boeing money to buy MDC...and since that time- boeing for the first time in their history missed major production and delivery dates. And mcndearney could also care less.
As to the 4 billion ' loss' - whn onconsiders the tax writeoffs, and the inflation factors over say only 20 years, the 4 billion then worth maybe 2 billion NOT counting tax issues AND the miracle of program accounting, my guess is tha about 20 to 30 years from now, the KC and p-8 programs will be a cash cow.
Thus it has almost always been- thus it will almost always will be . . .