The sad thing is, if a company like McDonnell Douglas bets big and loses, the company busts and people move on. But when France or Germany bets big and loses, they don't go bust, because they can just keep tapping the taxpayer to cover any loss. So lessons are never learned, and disfunctional organizations are allowed to create mayhem, over and over again.
If you think the A380 is a CF, just wait until the A350XWB gets close to launch...
just wait until the A350XWB gets close to launch...
They will have over 7 years to reverse engineer the entire 787. If they can't produce something better given that advantage, they are toast.