[T]he follies of corporate ego$, especially after a merger suddenly re-writes history[....]
I went to Long Beach in 2001 for MD-11 training (the first time).
Had a day off and ventured to the corporate gift store in the old MacDac plant.
EVERY reminder of McD was gone. Not a single sticker, patch or model available. Instead - all Boeing, all the time.
They even had "Boeing DC-8" patches. Oh, the humanity....