I don't understand, Dave_Jackson, how you consider lacking in innovation the company who (in partnership with Boeing) put together Comanche -- a helicopter that did a number of new and innovative things in the helicopter biz. (Sadly, it was cancelled for what were IMO internal program reasons driven by the Army choice not to go single pilot ... risk averse strikes again ... but I digress, and I am sure others much closer to that program may not agree with my opinion on that).
Dave, what what floored me was your choosing to compare internet companies with helicopter companies in the realm of innovation. The orders of magnitude in complexity don't compare.
Sir, may I ask, please: huh?
Mister Jackson, do you actually take the MBA's approach to business, actual product being irrelevant to the bottom line's being red or black?
Given your enthusiasm for things rotary wing, I sincerely hope not.