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2007-01-19 Europe

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Posted by Steve White 2007-01-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Sumocraft" ..LOL Dr. Steve!
perhaps we'll have to hunt up a Huge Wra'ssler wearing turkey feathers.

Posted by RD 2007-01-19 08:35|| 2007-01-19 08:35|| Front Page Top

#2 'Swirling the drain'

crumping :-) thx Doc

Posted by RD 2007-01-19 08:48|| 2007-01-19 08:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Steve: That's a lot of money to suck out of the pockets of Euro taxpayers.

That should be "There's still a ton of money to be sucked out of the pockets of Euro taxpayers."

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-01-19 11:02|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-01-19 11:02|| Front Page Top

#4 The interesting thing about the wiring issue, if that's really the problem, is that it would seem that each plane will also be much more costly to produce than expected. It would follow that it has been underpriced, and that gross margins will be less than expected. It's even possible that Airbus will lose money on every A380 that has been ordered to date.

Airbus is probably considering how much to increase the price of the aircraft and how much they can get from European governments to cover the additional costs to keep the factories running.

Posted by DoDo 2007-01-19 13:09|| 2007-01-19 13:09|| Front Page Top

#5 DoDo: that is a pretty fair assumption. Airbust was counting on huge freighter orders to subsidize the pax version, but now all freighter orders except UPS have melted away. And freighters didn't need the expensive in-flight entertainment wiring systems that the pax versions do. I think there are deeper problems that haven't been made public yet, but will be brought out in about a year, as an excuse for more 'schedule slide.'
Note to the USAF Tanker program: Don't bet on these guys producing anything on time.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-01-19 15:06|| 2007-01-19 15:06|| Front Page Top

#6 It's even possible that Airbus will lose money on every A380 that has been ordered to date.

But they'll make it up on volume.

/schadenfreude

Posted by xbalanke 2007-01-19 16:31|| 2007-01-19 16:31|| Front Page Top

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