XPost: soc.culture.russian, soc.culture.europe, soc.culture.german   
   From: pol@noreply.com   
      
   SaintAlfonso wrote:   
      
   > They should. The A380 will never make a dime. It would be best for Airbus to   
   > take the loss and cancel the entire A380 program. Who needs Concorde II?   
   >   
   > What they should do is cancel the A380 and turn their attention to the A350.   
   > That at least has a chance of making money.   
   > I say "chance" because Airbus was stupid enough to build the A380 in the   
   > first place when the market clearly said there's no market for it. The same   
   > morons that gave the go ahead for the A380 will be managing the A350.   
      
   With the price of oil rising, the market for the A350 and A380 will be much   
   smaller than planned.   
      
      
   >   
   >   
   > One thing the stage was just set for...Airbus cancelling the A380F   
   > freighter. There is only one customer for it and the new agreement says   
   > either Airbus or the customer has the right to cancel. Basically Airbus is   
   > deciding on whether it makes any sense to keep putting resources into the   
   > A380F, especially when Chirac and Merkel keep mucking up efforts to get   
   > other cost savings via a re-org.   
   >   
   > Basically, the Euro fat-azzes like Whacko-Jacko and Angie will leave Airbus   
   > way behind on the A350...but Boeing is luvvving it.   
      
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