I just hate dishonesty
And judging from most all of your posts, virtually anything Americian. You gotta admitt, you're usually the first to chime in with a negitive view of anything US.
Granted I work for Boeing and may be somewhat biased in my view of Airbus. I also know that Airbus has dumped their airplanes on the market for less than what it costs to build them. I know that airline board of directors love Airbus because they are very cheap to buy, while most pilots, and maintenance people don't like them. Airbus customer support sucks, and the price of their spares are through the roof.
I'm fairly sure that Airbus will never see a penny (or euro) of profit on the A380. I don't think they will sell enough of them. In a captalistic enviroment the plane would not have been built. Only in a Socialistic enviroment with goverment funding can such a project be undertaken. Very similar to the AN 224, of which only two were built.