To: Paleo Conservative
"Sometimes I feel that the competition between the A350 and Boeing's 787 is already lost," said a woman who identified herself as Miriam Lange. If Boeing doesn't screw the 787 up, she's probably right. Boeing is just so far ahead of Airbus right now on their widebody replacements (787 vs. A350-variation-of-the-week).
Airbus tried to guess the market, and they guessed wrong.
}:-)4
11 posted on
05/05/2007 6:54:59 AM PDT by
Moose4
("(Rudy's) the exact same animal as Hillary only he wears a dress." --Jim Robinson)
To: Moose4
I think the problem was Airbus didn’t even consider the market. The whole purpose of the A380 was to show that it was superior to anything the US could produce, in particular the 747. And I think that sentiment actually came from the EU, not just Airbus.
15 posted on
05/05/2007 7:07:33 AM PDT by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Moose4
“Airbus tried to guess the market, and they guessed wrong.”
No they guessed right but designed wrong :)
19 posted on
05/05/2007 9:19:58 AM PDT by
Shots
(Loose lips sink ships)
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