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   From: j.murphy@nospamlibertysurf.fr   
      
   True American Hero wrote:   
   > "Earl Evleth"  wrote in message   
   > news:BDF36EB6.2D3E7%evleth@wanadoo.fr...   
   >> in article 41cdabb8$0$11518$8fcfb975@news.wanadoo.fr, John of Aix at   
   >> j.murphy@nospamlibertysurf.fr wrote on 25/12/04 19:02:   
   >>   
   >>> I'll tell you why they bought them and why more an more companies   
   >>> buy Airbus, more than buy Boeings, because they are cheaper to buy,   
   >>> cheaper to run and, all having the same cabin layout, save enormous   
   >>> amounts in staff and pilot training costs. In short, Aibus makes   
   >>> better aeroplanes. Tough shit sunshine.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> While I agree that Airbus makes a good airplane, the slide of the   
   >> dollar, over 30%, should have eaten into Airbus's profit margin on   
   >> whatever plane the make and sell.   
   >>   
   >   
   > 35% since the beginning of 2002. If European airlines buy Boeing,   
   > they get a 35% discount just on the value of the Euro versus the   
   > dollar. In the case of Spain, they paid full price. As businessmen,   
   > they made a bad decision for the long term health of their company.   
      
   The Euro is currently about 12% over parity, that is to say at its   
   introduction it was at $1.17, so the rise you see is completely   
   relative. Furthermore you do not take into account the costs of changing   
   currencies, nor the cost of parts which, if Boeing was chosen, would   
   have to be paid for in fluctuating dollars as would any necessary   
   technical assistance and training etc. I don't think you'd make a very   
   good businessman.   
      
      
   >> In fact, for the first time in along time, France ran a trade   
   >> deficit in 2004. That is worrisome.   
   >>   
   >   
   > France is in big economic trouble.   
      
   So says the great economist. France doesn't have a deficit of 500 US   
   billion dollars and a plummeting currency that no one wants any more. Do   
   you know the fable about the tortoise and the hare?   
      
   >> On paper the 350 looks better than the 7E7.  Moreover, Airbus has   
   >> configurated their planes rationally so that a pilot trained   
   >> to fly one model and be trained easily to fly an upgraded model.   
   >   
   > The practical matter is that pilots don't switch aircraft so this   
   > means little.   
      
   Pilots don't have the slightest choice in the matter, their bosses buy   
   the planes and they learn to fly them. You'd be pretty crap in the   
   personnel section too it seems to me.   
      
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