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Other commitments The Company enters into certain trade-in
agreements to purchase used aircraft from customers at a specific
price at a future point in time when those customers purchase
new aircraft from the Company. In the event the Company accepts
an aircraft under a trade-in agreement, the aircraft purchased
by the Company serves as collateral to offset amounts paid
by the Company to the customer. As of December 31, 2002 and
2001, accounts payable and other liabilities included $156
and $189 related to trade-in commitments, of which $93 and
$140 was related to the events of September 11, 2001. The total
contractual trade-in value of all aircraft that customers had
the right to sell to the Company was $1,993 and $3,262 as of
December 31, 2002 and 2001. The Company estimated the fair
value of those aircraft was $1,837 and $3,073 as of December
31, 2002 and 2001. There is a high degree of uncertainty inherent
in the assessment of the likelihood of tradein commitments.
Updates on the likelihood that trade-in commitments will be
exercised using both quantitative information from valuation
sources and qualitative information from other sources are
continually assessed. The Company continues to monitor all
trade-in commitments for adverse developments.
Irrevocable
financing commitments related to aircraft on order, including
options, scheduled for delivery through 2007 totaled $3,223
and $7,508 as of December 31, 2002 and 2001. The Company
anticipates that not all of these commitments will be utilized
and that
it will be able to arrange for third-party investors to assume
a portion of the remaining commitments, if necessary. The
Company has other additional commitments to arrange for equipment
financing
totaling $106 and $344 as of December 31, 2002 and 2001.
As
of December 31, 2002 and 2001, future lease commitments on
aircraft not recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Statements
of Financial Position totaled $246 and $323. These lease
commitments extend through 2015, and the Company’s intent is
to recover these lease commitments through sublease arrangements.
As of
December 31, 2002 and 2001, accounts payable and other liabilities
included $130 ($2 related to the events of September 11,
2001) and $116 ($1 related to theevents of September 11, 2001)
attributable to adverse commitments
under these lease arrangements.
As of December 31, 2002, the Company had extended a $69
credit line agreement to one of its joint venture partners. To date,
$33 had been drawn on this agreement, which was recorded as
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Note 21 - Significant Group Concentrations
of Risk
Credit risk Financial instruments involving potential
credit risk
are predominantly with commercial aircraft customers and the
U.S. Government. Of the $17,218 in accounts receivable and
customer financing included in the Consolidated Statements of
Financial Position, $8,837 related to commercial aircraft customers
($315 of accounts receivable and $8,522 of customer financing)
and $2,860 related to the U.S. Government. Of the $8,522 of
aircraft customer financing, $7,606 related to customers the
Company believes have less than investment-grade credit. AMR
Corporation, AirTran Airways and UAL Corporation were associated
with 11%, 12% and 14% of all financial instruments related
to customer financing. Financing for aircraft is collateralized by
security in the related asset, and historically the Company has
not experienced a problem in accessing such collateral.
As of December 31, 2002, off-balance sheet financial instruments
described in Note 20 predominantly related to commercial
aircraft customers. Similarly, of the $3,223 of irrevocable
financing commitments related to aircraft on order including
options, $3,128 related to customers the Company believes
have less than investment-grade credit. Other risk The Commercial Airplanes segment is subject to
both operational and external business environment risks. Operational
risks that can disrupt the Company’s ability to make timely delivery of its commercial
jet aircraft and meet its contractual commitments include execution of internal
performance plans, product performance risks associated with regulatory certifications
of the Company’s commercial aircraft by the U.S. Government and foreign governments,
other regulatory uncertainties, collective bargaining labor disputes, performance
issues with key suppliers and subcontractors and the cost and availability of
energy resources, such as electrical power. Aircraft programs, particularly new
aircraft models such as the 717 program, face the additional risk of pricing
pressures and cost management issues inherent in the design and production of
complex products. Financing support may be provided by the Company to airlines,
some of which are unable to obtain other financing. External business environment
risks include adverse governmental export and import policies, factors that result
in significant and prolonged disruption to air travel worldwide, and other factors
that affect the economic viability of the commercial airline industry. Examples
of factors relating to external business environment risks include the volatility
of aircraft fuel prices, global trade policies, worldwide political stability
and economic growth, acts of aggression that impact the perceived safety of commercial
flight, escalation trends inherent in pricing the
Company’s aircraft, and a competitive industry structure which results in market
pressure to reduce product prices. |
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