Well, after 9-11, Boeing said tehy'd go under if the Feds didn't renegotiate the sale of several planes to the Federal Governemnt.
And the Feds obliged them.
I'm not comparing one to the other, I'm simply saying they're both subsidized.
And this idea that buying Airbus is "Anti-American" is absurd. If an (American) airline chooses to take advantage of a company that takes advantage of foreign taxpayers, then more power to them.
But given that the US retains only Boeing as a manufacturer of this type of aircraft (MD being mostly a no-show these days), those foreign taxpayers could effectively be helping subsidize Boeing out of business. That is a long-term view, rather than a focus on short-term gains on the price side.
Yeah,
and the feds also pulled the plug when they found signs of personal misconduct - and Boeing is paying a price for it today.
There is NO comparison between contractual dealings between our ONLY commercial airliner manufacturer - who also builds military aircraft - and a state sponsored entity that can write off huge development costs with tax-euros while depressing the sale price of their product.