Their role in being the ones out front who often end up being sacrificed for those standing behind them is the reason that they are indeed the pawns of the industry.
It's not very often that Boeing lets cameras into their massive Renton, Wash. 737 airliner factory, so I was thrilled when I had the chance to snap away during a recent visit to Seattle.
Over the next decade, manufactures from all across the world are readying their next generation of aircraft, or preparing to enter the market for the very first time. From small regional jets to the next generation of the legen...