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Airbus says A350 risk minimized as first flight looms
European planemaker Airbus has vowed to avoid the problems which led to the grounding of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner as the clock ticks towards a maiden flight seen as barely one week away. (Approximately 3/4 of the way through the article it mentions the growth of the Asian market ... a topic briefly touched on in our posts a few weeks ago.) (finance.yahoo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Something not said in this whole controversy is the fact that there are only two major airframers left, and it does not behoove the airlines for that to get down to one! That's why major airlines split orders between the two, even though it ups their logistics costs, i.e., maintenance, training, etc. Competition is the name of the game, and it's tough to find that with only one major manufacturer left.
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Right. They should pay no attention to the newly introduced batteries that made brand new airplanes catch on fire. Nothing to see here...
This whole Airbus vs. Boeing fanboy nonsense is pretty childish. Both companies make advanced, efficient airliners that compete very closely in a global marketplace. To arbitrarily remark that one is "crappy" is lazy.
This whole Airbus vs. Boeing fanboy nonsense is pretty childish. Both companies make advanced, efficient airliners that compete very closely in a global marketplace. To arbitrarily remark that one is "crappy" is lazy.
Just consider the source and you'll understand.
They both build good planes, just good for different things. I prefer the Airbus layout but also prefer the Boeing AP.
As I was once told in a tower "Airbus builds planes for passengers,Boeing builds planes for pilots." --Tower cordinator who quoted the two chief pilots (I am an Airbus fan my self however)
That's a pretty good quote. What first made me an Airbus fan was being a passenger. I liked the carry on bins, how much quieter the cabin was, and the slightly roomier cabin of an A320 than the 737.
When it comes to airliners I don't think passengers care if it has a yoke or a flight stick.
And as for Pilots preferring Boeing, I think a lot of them are the old timers who want "total control" of the plane, i.e. no fly by wire or the computers preventing a bank of more than 60 degrees. Why not having these rules is necessary to these pilots doesn't make sense when you remember it's an airliner and not a race plane. Maybe a lot of these guys are the same old timers who are afraid and angry at ipads or the ones who cuss out GPS and prefer VORs.
When it comes to airliners I don't think passengers care if it has a yoke or a flight stick.
And as for Pilots preferring Boeing, I think a lot of them are the old timers who want "total control" of the plane, i.e. no fly by wire or the computers preventing a bank of more than 60 degrees. Why not having these rules is necessary to these pilots doesn't make sense when you remember it's an airliner and not a race plane. Maybe a lot of these guys are the same old timers who are afraid and angry at ipads or the ones who cuss out GPS and prefer VORs.