David Melcher, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), began Tuesday’s annual media luncheon by alluding to the continuing social media “saga” created throughout 2016 by President-elect Donald Trump. Melcher was referencing a tweet posted just a few hours before the lunch, in which Trump called the cost of the two new Air Force One Boeing 747-8s as “out of control” and saying that the “order should be canceled.” The AIA luncheon audience, of course, included Boeing employees.
AIA’s Melcher Mixes Optimism with Caution
