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RE: Airbus screw up
By Ringold on 10/7/2006 3:05:28 AM , Rating: 2
I wouldn't feel too bad about aviation, sxr7171.

There's so much more interesting things happening rather than some air-penis contest over who can make the biggest target for SAMs.

Boeing pushing fuel efficiency, now thats more interesting, and the next 10 years in smaller planes (VLJ's, turbines and pistons) will see some pretty sweet things happen with glass cockpits (G1000 seems standard fare already for new planes) and there will *have* to be a switch off 100LL sooner or later whether the 70yr old hangar rats want it or not. Either environmental reasons or high 100LL costs will force it. ATC will adopt whats already apparently being field-tested in Alaska, making for more efficiency, and.. well.. just lots of things! None of which Airbus has an impact on that Boeing doesn't take up the slack with.

I actually see Airbus' management failure as a plus for aviation, but indirectly; it's a decent example of the inherent weakness of mixing liberal/social morals with liberal/capitalist business practices (EU essentially bankrolling EADS; for what, nationalism? Some naive idea of creating competition and domestic jobs?). Boeing knows it either succeeds or dies, EADS knows big daddy will save the day no matter what, and hence, on the average, Boeing should always deliver more reliably than Airbus.


RE: Airbus screw up
By NT78stonewobble on 10/9/2006 5:11:10 AM , Rating: 2
I was just wondering how many planes have actually been shot down by a "Surface to Air Missile"?

And does it make up a large margin of the causes for airplane crashes?

I'm guessing no. So why mention it?

Boing might be pushing fuel efficiency. Well its nice to see something american actually care about the environment.

Oh wait, its about the bottomline anyway...

Regarding liberal/social morals and liberal/capitalist morals...

Are you saying that the US government does not have ANY toll barriers what so ever?

And won't you agree that eg. microsofts "monopoly" is just a prime example of a company doing good?

Why punish it then?


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