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<< People - Airbus in NOT a French company. >>

Bullshit it's not.

The French are by far Airbus's biggest shareholders and its heavily-subsidised aircraft, [Initial Capital, operating Capital, design, manufacture, marketing, sales and finance Capital and guarantees] in every way in every model inferior to their nearest American equivilent, destroy American jobs.

Also, in its typically French-slut-approach to "sales" at any price, Airbus -- by breaking the decades long practice among manufacturers of refusing to sell to operators and/or countries unable to meet minimum operating standards -- has contributed to the world's downward spiral insofar as operating [Safety] standards are concerned.

Effectively Airbus is French to its eyeballs.

Jet Blue will never see a penny of mine.

Let's see, Airbus also employs Spainards, Italians and Brits. Oh yeah, and Airbus is the largest buyer of GE and Pratt Whitney engines, made in America and employing thousands of Americans.

As a very frequent flier, I can tell you that Airbus is superior in every way to Boeing's notoriously narrow, passenger squeezing interiors. Airbus' safety record is actually better than Boeing's, although they are very close and fine points can be argued either way.

BTW, McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed frequently worked around the minimum operating standard rules in the past. Airbus wasn't the first and Boeing is following down the path.

So boycott if you want. Squeeze yourself into a skinny Boeing seat. God forbid you find yourself in the famous "middle seat" in the 5 seat center section of a 777. You wake in the middle of the Atlantic with race horses bladder and have to wake up or climb over at least two people to escape.

Boycott's can be effective when targeting products that are completely French. Boycotting Airbus is silly. Focus on wholly-owned French companies, like Accor. Avoid travel to France. Don't hurt American workers, or our allies workers, with a pointless boycott. FOCUS ON THE FRENCH.

That was my initial feeling. Especially since my Dad put his ass on the line in France to liberate those people and this is how they return the favor. I don't think so. And on top of it I understand that Air Bus is government subsidized. Think I'll fly American...or drive LOL.