Tilton may not be to everyone's taste, but make no mistake, she saved MD Helicopters, and she did it to save US jobs and a US brand.
And in doing so, she's worked damned hard to reinstate proper customer support and quality control.
Taking pleasure in MD Helicopters' misfortunes smacks of something small minded and quite unpleasant, IMHO.
As to 'the good old days', did you own a 500 back in 1999, which was the last time that MD was owned by Boeing?
And if Boeing were so blooming committed to the civil helicopter business, why did they plan to sell it to Bell from the very moment that they merged with McDD?