[zipper]

He (Brian Allen) did have an extremely immature response that last time. Makes me doubt his claimed credentials:

You are not only an ignorant person, you are a very stupid one.

Ha! Sounds like something some Arab jihadist that has no command of the English language would write in a rant.

I agree-- Airbus and Boeing both make good products.

If one company monopolises the industry, then there really will be quality problems.

[Central Scrutiniser]

I know a few folks in the State Department myself and he is not the norm.

I am glad that Embraer are making good planes now and giving Boeing and Airbus a run on the 100-120 seat planes these days, just wish McDonnell, Shorts, Fokker, Lockheed were around, and that we had more stuff from Canadair, LET, CASA, and Bombardier.