"Actually, the dollar bottomed in June, and has been going up since. The chief causes of Airbus's failures are incompetence, infighting among management, poor design, poor planning, and major delays in development."
I can't understand how they could have not standardized their software prior to starting the A380 program. Multiple software versions on their most important design package were a disaster waiting to happen. I'm deferring several software upgrades right now to avoid compatibility problems till after the company I work for finishes a current project.