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Customer Financing
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Customer Financing [Abstract]  
Customer Financing
Customer Financing
Customer financing primarily relates to the Boeing Capital (BCC) segment and consisted of the following:
 
March 31
2015

 
December 31
2014

Financing receivables:
 
 
 
Investment in sales-type/finance leases

$1,508

 

$1,535

Notes
347

 
370

Total financing receivables
1,855

 
1,905

Operating lease equipment, at cost, less accumulated depreciation of $603 and $571
1,649

 
1,677

Gross customer financing
3,504

 
3,582

Less allowance for losses on receivables
(19
)
 
(21
)
Total

$3,485

 

$3,561


We determine a receivable is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that we will be unable to collect amounts due according to the original contractual terms. At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we individually evaluated for impairment customer financing receivables of $88 and $86 and determined that none of these were impaired.
The adequacy of the allowance for losses is assessed quarterly. Three primary factors influencing the level of our allowance for losses on customer financing receivables are customer credit ratings, default rates and collateral values. We assign internal credit ratings for all customers and determine the creditworthiness of each customer based upon publicly available information and information obtained directly from our customers. Our rating categories are comparable to those used by the major credit rating agencies.
Our financing receivable balances by internal credit rating category are shown below. 
Rating categories
March 31
2015

 
December 31
2014

BBB

$1,028

 

$1,055

B
633

 
633

CCC
106

 
131

Other
88

 
86

Total carrying value of financing receivables

$1,855

 

$1,905


At March 31, 2015, our allowance related to receivables with ratings of B and BBB to which we applied default rates that averaged 16% and 2% to the exposure associated with those receivables.
Customer Financing Exposure
Customer financing is collateralized by security in the related asset. The value of the collateral is closely tied to commercial airline performance and overall market conditions and may be subject to reduced valuation with market decline. Declines in collateral values are also a significant driver of our allowance for losses. Generally, out-of-production aircraft have experienced greater collateral value declines than in-production aircraft. Our customer financing portfolio is primarily collateralized by out-of-production 717, 757 and MD-80 aircraft. The majority of customer financing carrying values are concentrated in the following aircraft models:
 
March 31
2015

 
December 31
2014

717 Aircraft ($416 and $421 accounted for as operating leases)

$1,532

 

$1,562

747 Aircraft (Accounted for as operating leases)
580

 
601

MD-80 Aircraft (Accounted for as sales-type finance leases)
361

 
358

757 Aircraft ($343 and $349 accounted for as operating leases)
347

 
370

767 Aircraft ($61 and $47 accounted for as operating leases)
169

 
158

737 Aircraft ($124 and $127 accounted for as operating leases)
151

 
156

MD-11 Aircraft (Accounted for as operating leases)
108

 
114