[jpsb]

The Airbus Boeing rivalry is fun to watch. I don't mind a bit that Europe has a state of the art aerospace industry. Much better Europe then China. Boeing is one hell of a find airplane maker, they will certainly give Airbus a good run for the money.

[stefan10]

I think there is too much politics involved in that industry.

From the orders to the subsidies.

It is good for Airbus and Boeing but not really for the taxpayers.


Beside that i am interesting in aviation because it is a interesting and emotional business but the Airbus bashing shows most of the time only the unwillingness to inform and that the guys are not really interested in the subject.

I think Airbus is really in a complicated situation with the widebody planes where the 777 and the 787 seems to be the more attractive products. So it will be interesting to see how Airbus will react.
But the same argumentation would be true for narrowbody planes where the A320 clearly outperforms the 737.
So every supporter has something to bash the other site.

I do not know if you speak a foreign language but what is really funny to see is the different spin in the media in different countries.
For example after the A380 test the US headlines where mainly focused on the injuries and the problems while the german headlines where about the successful test and a world record and so on.

So it is clearly often a problem of national pride on both sites of the atlantic and for many not a normal business.