Thus argument is alien to me, as is the argument that we shouldn't wish for the dissolution of the Democratic party. There seems to be some sort of fear that to the victor will go all of the spoils and thereby no responsibility. I beg to differ.
I hope that the democrats cease to be and that the opposition party to the Republicans become something closer to our ideology, like a Conservative or Libertarian party. Similarly, I hope that a government funded Airbus ceases to exist and that a free market company takes its place as Boeing's competitor. One can dream can't he?
Please.
If you could, answer this one question: Do you think it's better for the consumer (ultimately passengers) that Airbus goes out of business?
Boeing would want that, but no competition ever made a company sharp.
I think it would be very hard to raise the funds for a Boeing competitor. I fear it's State competition or nothing.
What I do find interesting here is that the German investment would just be a purchase of the Daimler-Chrysler investment, which would bring no new capital to the firm. So it would be of no positive value to the company, and that's probably why management is against it.
They know that this is going to be in support of the German operations of Airbus, which management seems to want to phase out. That lack of flexibility would darken an already grim picture for the company.
I've never really trusted Airbus since that crash in Long Island when the tail fell apart. While the cause was officially pilot error, it seems clear that the design should have been better engineered to anticipate same.
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