XPost: soc.culture.french   
   From: evleth@wanadoo.fr   
      
   in article uyjzd.9713$nL4.7610@fe11.lga, True American Hero at   
   AHigherCalling@SemperFi.org wrote on 25/12/04 20:50:   
      
   >   
   > "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:   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   That is hard to say, some pricing is done to increase market share to pays   
   off in time.  The WTO issue is whether they still make money with those   
   kinds of reductions.   
      
      
   >> 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.   
      
   From this figure alone??  It was a marginal deficit, not the huge gaping one   
   the US has had for years.  In general the problem for the Euro countries   
   (not France alone) is the survaluation of the euro.   
      
      
   >> 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.   
      
   You might give us the statistics on how many do move from 320 to a bigger   
   model.   
      
      
   >> I think that have had a slight advantage in economy.  Indeed,   
   >> the engine for the 7E7 as not yet been selected according to   
   >> news reports.   
   >>   
   >   
   > You are incorrect. 7E7 buyers have their choice of engines since the   
   > aircraft was built with a common engine interface.   
   >   
      
   Very good, the news report I saw was perhaps in error. Or you are since   
   neither you or I cited sources.   
      
   By the way, with your posting title, "True American Hero", a registered   
   lobbyist for American interests :-).   
      
   Earl   
      
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