Comments on: Hot Airbus http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/hot-airbus/ Tim King on French politics Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:48:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: m.Duforest http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/hot-airbus/#comment-1549 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 23:31:28 +0000 http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/hot-airbus/#comment-1549 H.Archibald is spot on. the A380 should never have been designed.It was conceived according to the French concept of style in preference to efficiency.This has a lot to do with the system of education in France that privilege abstraction instead of pragmatism.The Americans are the opposite and investors would rather invest in Boeing than Airbus. H.Archibald is spot on. the A380 should never have been designed.It was conceived according to the French concept of style in preference to efficiency.This has a lot to do with the system of education in France that privilege abstraction instead of pragmatism.The Americans are the opposite and investors would rather invest in Boeing than Airbus.

]]> by: Harry Archibald http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/hot-airbus/#comment-1430 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:38:26 +0000 http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/hot-airbus/#comment-1430 How apropos They are soon to take down the Concorde model at Heathrow and put up an A380 model. What excellent symbolism. The Concorde was an economic disaster, both for the company that manufactured it and for the national carriers that flew it. Designed for a mission that had way too few customers, produced in quantities so small that development costs could never be recouped, poorly supported logistically, and ultimately consigned to the scrap heap of history as an aircraft that probably never should have been produced, it is only fitting that the A380 replace the Concorde in this tragic role......... How apropos

They are soon to take down the Concorde model at Heathrow and put up an A380 model. What excellent symbolism.

The Concorde was an economic disaster, both for the company that manufactured it and for the national carriers that flew it. Designed for a mission that had way too few customers, produced in quantities so small that development costs could never be recouped, poorly supported logistically, and ultimately consigned to the scrap heap of history as an aircraft that probably never should have been produced, it is only fitting that the A380 replace the Concorde in this tragic role………

]]> by: George Hanshaw http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/hot-airbus/#comment-1264 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:37:16 +0000 http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/hot-airbus/#comment-1264 Power 8 is the latest of many dominos that will fall for the social democracies. They are looking for a fig leaf to cover their nakedness....but truly, what partner would want to buy plants in high-cost countries when the same jobs could be done in low cost countries....India...China... for a small fraction of the labor cost. Even heavy industry is moving to those countries as the exorbitant cost of the EU social state drives labor costs ever higher...but aircraft....machinery that by its nature must be light...and easily transportable..??? These jobs are going away, and they are going away for good. And they are just the first of many...... Power 8 is the latest of many dominos that will fall for the social democracies. They are looking for a fig leaf to cover their nakedness….but truly, what partner would want to buy plants in high-cost countries when the same jobs could be done in low cost countries….India…China… for a small fraction of the labor cost. Even heavy industry is moving to those countries as the exorbitant cost of the EU social state drives labor costs ever higher…but aircraft….machinery that by its nature must be light…and easily transportable..???

These jobs are going away, and they are going away for good. And they are just the first of many……

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