[RedCell]

They'd better not be TOO successful or they'll be hauled before a congressional panel to explain themselves.

[longtermmemmory]

ahh that mysterious "excess profits"....

seriously, it must be very galling to the Airbus people who predicted that a bigger-to-be-the-biggest a380 would put them on top.

Absent, some kind of major government subsidies and just outright giving the planes away for free (ala microsoft and their explorer program) for future parts sales, I don't see how they can survive.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Yup ,, your right,,,, the Democrats / Liberals / AmericaHaters / BussinessHaters can't have that.... they won't be happy unless they or their Union cohorts trow a monkey wrench in the works and make the companies either go out of business or struggle financially.