When news of Scott's acquisition of the Douglas Aircraft Company reached the domestic front of Australasia, Arthur immediately felt surprised, even excited and relieved.
This economic crisis had struck a few years earlier than in history, making Arthur somewhat unfamiliar with some of the famous American companies.
Apart from the Boeing Company, which he could immediately remember due to its familiarity, Arthur tasked his intelligence personnel to consider other smaller companies for opportunistic acquisitions.
This led to Arthur almost forgetting about the Douglas Aircraft Company, an aircraft manufacturer that would not rise to prominence for about ten more years, and he nearly missed out on it during the major buying spree.
Arthur's reaction was mainly because the transport planes built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in the '30s were exceedingly famous.
