European elites are real good at fighting the last war. Just look at the history of the Maginot line.
It's the inbreeding that does it.
I remember 10 years ago when we were posting the myriad of problems with the A380 and rightly saying that it was most likely a no-go that wouldn’t last long. We were labeled as haters, told that we’re just jealous, we’re arrogant Americans that have a cow when somebody presents a better product. Uh huh, where are the Euros and their adoring media now? It cracks me up that not even a year ago there were articles saying that the A380 had officially been passed the torch from the 747 and was putting it out of business. Yeah, tell me more...