"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Hardly. The United States isn't like Europe. Practically every European
company with more than 100 employees is in bed with one or more
governments,
and may even be wholly or partially owned by governments.

I think that you may have exagerated that slightly.

Besides, Airbus is so poorly managed that it can self-destruct all by
itself,

And Boeing and its hidden subsidies isn't?

and the market for the A380 in the U.S. is likely to be extremely limited,
anyway, as the current modest fleet of 747s demonstrates.

I don't think anyone doubts that at all.

The big maarket for the A380 will almost certainly be the Far East where
very large numbers of people want to fly reasonably large distances and
economic expantion will allow them to do so very soon.

We live in a world where 20% of the world's population lives in two
countries and those two countries are experiencing economic growth at
phenominal rates.

It's a lot better than Europe, where major contracts are won by bribes,
governments spy on foreign competitors, every sound business decision is
overruled by a Eurocrat, and no company of significant size can be
operated
without government interference.

What US company operates without government interference?

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.