Richard Aboulafia, a managing director at consultancy Aerodynamic Advisory, likewise perceives an "absence of leadership" at Boeing. Following the financial collapse and breakup of General Electric, Aboulafia speculates that pressure could mount to monetize Boeing's defense and space assets by splitting them off. While such a reversal of the 1997 merger with McDonnell Douglas might sound appealing to employees in the Puget Sound region, it potentially could have very negative consequences if the Commercial Airplanes division were left with most of the debt. Aboulafia also fears Boeing's top leaders are willing to accept "a serious market share loss" in their failure to launch a plane to counter the hot-selling Airbus A321neo, the largest in the A320neo family of narrowbody jets.