“Boeing at the time had a towering reputation for customer service, a share of the jetliner market that surpassed 70 percent, and a stock that had been the Dow’s best performing for a decade. “The Seattle Airplane Company was probably the most honest, reputable, best company you would ever work for,” said Gordon Bethune, who was a customer training executive and division chief at Boeing from 1988 to 1994 before leaving for Continental. Soon after he joined the airline, it placed”