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Customer Financing
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Customer Financing [Abstract]  
Customer Financing Customer Financing
Customer financing primarily relates to the Boeing Capital (BCC) segment and consisted of the following:
 
March 31
2019

 
December 31
2018

Financing receivables:
 
 
 
Investment in sales-type/finance leases

$1,096

 

$1,125

Notes
609

 
730

Total financing receivables
1,705

 
1,855

Operating lease equipment, at cost, less accumulated depreciation of $220 and $203
879

 
782

Operative lease incentive


 
250

Gross customer financing
2,584

 
2,887

Less allowance for losses on receivables
(8
)
 
(9
)
Total

$2,576

 

$2,878


We acquire aircraft to be leased to customers through trades, lease returns, purchases in the secondary market, and new aircraft transferred from our Commercial Airplanes segment. Leasing arrangements typically range in terms from 1 to 12 years and may include options to extend or terminate the lease. Certain leases include provisions to allow the lessee to purchase the underlying aircraft at a specified price. A minority of leases contain variable lease payments based on actual aircraft usage and are paid in arrears.
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, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we individually evaluated for impairment customer financing receivables of $406 and $409, of which $395 and $398 were determined to be impaired. We recorded no allowance for losses on these impaired receivables as the collateral values exceeded the carrying values of the receivables.
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
2019

 
December 31
2018

BBB

$638

 

$883

BB
423

 
430

B
241

 
135

CCC
403

 
407

Total carrying value of financing receivables

$1,705

 

$1,855


At March 31, 2019, our allowance related to receivables with ratings of B, BB and BBB. We applied default rates that averaged 21.7%, 6.2% and 0.6%, respectively, 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 could result in asset impairments, reduced finance lease income, and an increase in the allowance for losses. Our customer financing collateral is concentrated in
out-of-production aircraft and 747-8 aircraft. Generally, out-of-production aircraft have experienced greater collateral value declines than in-production aircraft.
The majority of customer financing carrying values are concentrated in the following aircraft models:
 
March 31
2019

 
December 31
2018

717 Aircraft ($201 and $204 accounted for as operating leases)

$882

 

$918

747-8 Aircraft ($131 and $132 accounted for as operating leases)
475

 
477

777 Aircraft ($169 and $60 accounted for as operating leases)
288

 
68

737 Aircraft ($259 and $263 accounted for as operating leases)
285

 
290

MD-80 Aircraft (accounted for as sales-type finance leases)
207

 
204

757 Aircraft ($24 and $24 accounted for as operating leases)
195

 
200

747-400 Aircraft ($42 and $45 accounted for as operating leases)
111

 
116


As part of selected lease transactions, Boeing may provide incentives to commercial customers. At December 31, 2018, Customer Financing included $250 of lease incentives with one customer experiencing liquidity issues. At March 31, 2019, we concluded that these lease incentives were impaired and recorded a charge of $250.
Lease income recorded in Revenue on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations included $16 from sales-type/finance leases and $36 from operating leases.
As of March 31, 2019, undiscounted cash flows for sales-type/finance and operating leases over the next five years and thereafter are as follows:
 
Sales-type/finance leases

 
Operating leases

Year 1

$203

 

$130

Year 2
159

 
106

Year 3
115

 
91

Year 4
106

 
74

Year 5
110

 
55

Thereafter
167

 
77

Total lease receipts
860

 
533

Less imputed interest
(189
)
 


Estimated unguaranteed residual values
425

 
 
Total

$1,096

 

$533



At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 unguaranteed residual values remained unchanged. Guaranteed residual values at March 31, 2019 were not significant.