AND THE PILOT CAN ENTER THE CABIN:

Boeing says it will win $8B contract (MELANIE PATTEN, 9/10/06, CANADIAN PRESS)

Boeing Corp. will win a controversial contract to provide heavy-lift transport planes and helicopters to Canada's military because it can deliver the aircraft faster than competitors, company officials claim. [...]

Liberal defence critic Ujjal Dosanjh had claimed awarding the contract to Boeing would threaten Canadian sovereignty.

Chinooks will be assembled in the United States and maintained in Canada, but C-17s will be both manufactured and repaired in the U.S.