130 Hercules cargo aircraft that Boeing won in June 2001. Sears, 57, met Druyun secretly in Orlando, Florida, on Oct. 17, 2002. The next day, he reported what he called the "non-meeting" to the three other members of a newly created Office of the Chairman, as well as to James Albaugh, president of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business unit. In an e-mail to his colleagues, he discussed a specific position, a possible $50,000 signing bonus and a start date, but did not mention by name Druyun, who was still negotiating a $20 billion-plus plan to lease and buy 100 modified Boeing KC-767 aerial refueling tankers. --More 2332 Local Time 2032 GMT
