[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

It just keeps getting worse for Airbus.

[cmsgop]

DOOMED !!!

[operation clinton cleanup]

“We will seek an amicable solution with the manufacturer," he said. “Also I do not believe that Airbus can afford to have legal actions taken against them.”

Ouch! Thats gonna leave a mark!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Al Baker denied claims that the introduction of Boeing to the formerly purely Airbus fleet was politically motivated. He stressed that the move was entirely based on economical considerations.

In other words, Boeing is delivering airplanes while Airbus is delivering excuses.

[Joe Boucher]

Euro crapweasels little airplane company is in a death spiral?

[Post-Neolithic]

Still waiting for all the, "If we nix the port deal Boeing and others who rely on foreign trade will suffer greatly", crowd to show up. Boeing, and companies like them, must really stick in their craws. Amazing what American ingenuity can do.

[BW2221]

It will be interesting to see how Alan Mulally does at Ford. It's going to be very different. Unlike Airbus, Toyota, Honda and even GM are real competition.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Excellent!

[gridlock]

“Since the jumbos are to be delivered three years from now we do not know yet how much they will be delayed, or if they will be late delivered at all,” said Al Baker, who discounted the prospect of legal action against the manufacturer.

There. Fixed it for him...

[Jake The Goose]

Somewhere over there in Euro-land - you know there are a lot of hard working people at Airbus - but what a cluster-muck that operation really is.

Has there ever been a bigger endorsement of free market businesses than Airbus?

What a mess

Thank goodness by the way.