The big-engine division at Pratt & Whitney is a big millstone around United Technologies' neck. Is there a graceful way to get rid of it? United technologies Chairman George David and President Karl Krapek get together every six months or so with their counterparts at Boeing: Philip Condit, chairman, and Alan Mulally, chief executive of Boeing's commercial airliner operation. Their latest talkfest was in August, at the luxurious Boulders resort in Carefree, Ariz.
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