[Trust but Verify]

I got a similar response. I will NOT be flying JetBlue.

[W04Man]

Why, do you work for Boeing?

[verity]

I am certain you will make a difference.

[StockAyatollah]

There are only two companies making jumbo jets. So you want every airline to buy only Boeing?

[need_a_screen_name]

I got a similar response. I will NOT be flying JetBlue.

Hell no, me either!

[sakic]

I got a similar response. I will NOT be flying JetBlue.

Thank you for doing your small part to help me secure seats on the best airline in America today.

[Arkinsaw]

I got a similar response. I will NOT be flying JetBlue.

Good for you. Some here seem to think that the French don't have anything to do with Airbus, or at least want/need to believe that.

[SamAdams76]

Remember that free trade works both ways. If Boeing sold jets only to Americans, because foreigners would refuse to buy from it, it would be a much smaller company and perhaps, jet technology would not have progressed as far as it has.

I think Airbus provides some needed competition to Boeing. It will keep them sharp and competitive. I believe it will help Boeing in the long run. Just as the Japanese auto-making industry in the 1970s and 1980s forced American auto-makers to become more competitive by making better cars. Even the most strident buy-American types have to concede that during the 1970s, U.S. auto-makers were putting out some lousy cars. Having such a monopoly encourages mediocrity and is never a good thing.

If Airbus was a purely French company, that would be a another thing. But as this article points out, it clearly is not.

[discostu]

What other response were they supposed to give?
"Yes you're right, screw the French, we're going to throwaway our entire fleet and switch to Boeing, a move that will surely bankrupt our company but at least the damn French won't get any money."

Would that have satisfied you?