A D AY IN THE L IFE OF BOEING O CTOBER 3 0 , 2 0 0 2 Boeing Around the globe, professional and amateur photographers had 24 hours to capture images that document and celebrate the people and 24 products of Boeing. The Space Shuttle Endeavour sits atop Launch Complex 39A. The pre-dawn light illuminates it as the sun starts to make its journey across the Florida sky. A fiery rush of colors paint the early-morning clouds above the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. It is Wednesday, October 30, 2002. Photo by Duffin McGee IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS, more than 340 satellites that Boeing launch vehicles put into orbit will pass overhead. A D AY IN THE L IFE OF BOEING O CTOBER 3 0 , 2 0 0 2 By Maureen Jenkins , . Longacres, Wash. Cape Canaveral, Fla. Mesa, Ariz. Wichita, Kan. Anaheim, Calif. Philadelphia, Pa. Tokyo, Japan St. Louis M h o s O . a Fort Rucker, Ala. Chicago, Ill. Hong Kong, China El Segundo, Calif. McLean, Va. Portland, Ore. Altus Air Force Base, k S W l o a , e h t . a a n t B d e t I l e , e K i e ct. 30 was a day like most others across the , j s i . W n a h g a s B Boeing enterprise. And it just happened to be the , s a e C h c h W . r 24-hour period Boeing Frontiers randomly chose , i o n H n F a r u r for “A Day in the Life of Boeing,” a series of u i n B b A t s e u e snapshots that chronicled the people and goings- v l A l i e m l l v o e a on at Boeing sites and facilities around the world. u , H n e i A n , h i l a W a C t . , a n u s Why? it happens every day at Boeing sites. Some compa- O u h o o n . k Boeing is an ever-changing enterprise that’s ny functions occur everywhere from San Antonio to t i M a a M O r . grown organically and purposefully over the decades Shanghai. Employees must deliver mail; they must i H o c C . , A through mergers, acquisitions—and the roll-up-your- maintain payrolls. D a C l , e d a n sleeves hard work of its people. Company leaders Sure, there’s the unexpected—such as the delivery s a n t o n t e often say that Boeing builds products that both “con- of birthday flower bouquets to Boeing-Russia recep- a a g r d , n C a i O nect and protect.” The “A Day in the Life” project tionist Lena Yermilova. But what makes this concept , h k g s B was envisioned so the folks who work at the world’s instantly relatable to all Boeing people, from Chair- l a e a r u . p W i largest aerospace company—from Tulsa to Tokyo, man and CEO Phil Condit to workers at the smallest s n E s a d n from Melbourne, Ark., to Melbourne, Australia— sites, is their shared hour-by-hour pursuit of excel- e i n w l i s W h will feel a bit more linked to colleagues and cowork- lence. a , C r B . d , f ers on the other side of the globe. And that’s what makes “A Day in the Life of Boe- e i n s l l e g a “Today, we are one of only two companies that ing” so powerful. A i C m i u r , a can design and build big commercial airplanes,” said Because of the sheer size of this enterprise, how- m i F h X o c Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit. “We’re one ever, it was impossible to include photos from every r . a E c J e x . of only two companies, probably, in the world that Boeing site. The Boeing Frontiers editors designed e m B N B , can do missile defense. We’re one of only a [few] this feature as a merely representative sample of life o g a e u n s companies that can do advanced military aircraft and as the more than 167,000 people who call Boeing s t o a e h L , B , unmanned systems. home experience it. C A e s a u c “It isn’t that we are unique, but we’re in pretty These editors had the unenviable task of whittling r a l s i o x f t . r F high company. There aren’t very many people who about 1,500 images employees had submitted down e a T r U i l , can do what we do.” to the 120 this spread contains. But the magazine’s i S a A o i S e Of course, any project of this breadth required online version will link Boeing intranet users to an n r L i A o o RANDY O’BREZAR PHOTO u t ground rules. First—and without exception—all expanded assortment of photos. b n n G r d a c A shots had to be photographed during the 24 hours “Taking part in ‘A Day in the Life’ really has o h M LONGACRES, WASH. n n a of Oct. 30. All images had to capture Boeing peo- been a labor of love for communicators and employ- a , m a E S 7 A.M. (ALL TIMES LOCAL) e ple going about their daily tasks, whatever those hap- ees throughout the company,” said Judith Muhlberg, n L r g i o a Lee Borkan, a Boeing graphics n i pened to be during that day—and time zone. senior vice president, Communications, at Boeing l K l a c , illustrator, plays with her 4-year-old a l o n r The spread features some of the company’s signa- World Headquarters. “So often we hear about the u l t d daughter Madison before Borkan n o s ture programs, such as the NASA Space Shuttle and sheer size of Boeing, but when it comes down to it, e u heads off to work. Madison spends M C S A Sea Launch in Long Beach, Calif. It even goes Holly- Boeing is about the people. Those who keep the office a a her day at the Boeing Family Center, , . n c y k wood, presenting an actor twice nominated for an Acad- supplies stocked and the facilities in order; who sell, o o operated by Shared Services. a r g n A B a , , emy Award in his current real-life role as a Boeing air- design and build the airplanes, spacecraft and systems; s e G i P n plane pilot. who interact with our customers and shape a future a v r a r . u r e k But to a larger extent, this 40-page feature rep- that most of us can’t even imagine.” o T J , b u l resents and reveals the routine and the habitual as Today, a salute to all these and more. C CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. l e s n a i a M l a i , 10:30 A.M. f p . O h S Checkout of the Delta II booster a k O t , l a For additional photos from "A Day in the Life of Boeing," a is under way at the Delta Mission U d i k . , r y Checkout facility. Leading this activ- t R d S i go to www.boeing.com/frontiers a i ity is (foreground) Test Conductor C h d a g M e James M. Thomson III, with Console n e k . g , a t l a S s d n a l s I a d u m r e B . a l F , e l l i v n o s k c a J . h c i M , s l l i H d l e i f m o o l B . f i l a C , h c a e B l a e S n o i t a t S e c a p S l a n o i t a n r e t n I . n n e T Operators David Williams, Brenda o h L l a Gibson and John Mazzullo on hand to o i , r e v n e D . h s a W , n o t n e R . s s i M , r e t n e C e c a p S s i n n e t S a i s s u R , w o c s o M . h s a W , t t e r e v E s a x e T , n o t s u o H . a V , d l e i f g n i r p S a n i h C C , support. Electrical Engineer Eric Rothe is on station in the background. DON TUTTLE PHOTO 16 BOEING FRONTIERS December 2002/January 2003 BOEING FRONTIERS December 2002/January 2003 17 IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS, millions of travelers, hikers and boaters will find their way using the Global Positioning System satellite constellation designed and built by Boeing. A D AY IN THE L IFE OF BOEING O CTOBER 3 0 , 2 0 0 2 ANAHEIM, CALIF. 9 A.M.-NOON Mark McHenry pre- pares a spinner assembly for test.