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| Is This The Beginning Of The End For The A380? |
| 2014-12-11 |
| Posted by:Grunter |
| #9 Our A380 parts production forecast ( 'waterfall' in Airbus-speak) has been sliding deliveries to the right for some time and it seems that every new forecast has bigger slides. We have parts in transit and we got a contract mod to delay for 60 days. And if anybody out there thinks the lazy B ( formerly of Seattle, now Chicago) writes crappy contracts, you need to take a look at the pile of doo-doo AB produces. They have some good people there but majority are arrogant French or Germans that still do not accept the Allies won the war ( French don't count, too busy hiding under the bed wetting themselves) |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-12-11 22:11 |
| #8 That's a bonus right there, anyway you look at it. As long as you are high enough that a Saturday Night Special can't touch you. Or maybe that's half the problem . . . . |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-12-11 13:53 |
| #7 Annnnnnnd, I don't have to stop in Detroit. That's a bonus right there, anyway you look at it. |
| Posted by: Woozle Scourge of the Wee Folk4194 2014-12-11 11:37 |
| #6 #1 - *snort* |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-12-11 10:13 |
| #5 Success will come to those airlines and aircraft that are flexible in destination and are efficient to operate. You operate as a network not as a mainline and feeders. People do not need a bunch of frivolous amenities on a plane like the A380. Extra weight. For example, I can fly on Iceland Air from Anchorage to Keflavik along a great circle route to Europe, change planes there, and fly to lots of European destinations in a total of 11 hours. Annnnnnnd, I don't have to stop in Detroit. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2014-12-11 10:08 |
| #4 SteveS gets my vote for SOTD (Snark Of The Day) |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2014-12-11 06:24 |
| #3 Is this the end for |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-12-11 06:21 |
| #2 Don't forget the turkey graphic! :-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-12-11 02:57 |
| #1 "As God is my witness, I thought the A-380 could fly." |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-12-11 00:26 |