Now Thai Airlines is next to cancel A380 ordrers

[Nilsen]

lol a Boing worker enjoying delayes at Airbus.

There must be a first time for everything

[SFRT - Frenchy]

As I said:
They don't have to do anything to prevent the bleeding, they still have gallons of blood left. The A380 is flagship material, airlines will buy them eventually. It's not like Airbus ramp is full of red taged A380s waiting for buyers.  In 30 years nobody will remember about those cancellations.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
As I said:
They don't have to do anything to prevent the bleeding, they still have gallons of blood left. The A380 is flagship material, airlines will buy them eventually. It's not like Airbus ramp is full of red taged A380s waiting for buyers.  In 30 years nobody will remember about those cancellations.

Short term, no solution, go long term, people will forget due to supply and demand.

Point taken!:aok

[Nilsen]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
Short term, no solution, go long term, people will forget due to supply and demand.

Point taken!:aok

Just like everyone has forgotten about the 747 delayes and whatnot. In a few years the A380 will be a huge hit

[Debonair]

it will be a huge something.
zOMG than plane is BIG!!!!11:O

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Nilsen
Just like everyone has forgotten about the 747 delayes and whatnot. In a few years the A380 will be a huge hit

The first plane rolled out on September 30, 1968, less than three years after Pan Am had signed the letter of intent. ...... ?

Perhaps you were speaking to the original first flight that took place on February 9, 1969, a little past the target date of December 17, 1968?

It still was in time to meet the commitment to the launch customer for a 1969 delivery for the first production plane.

[Nilsen]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
The 747 rolled out on schedule in 1970...... ?

"Initial problems with the JT9D's development forced Boeing to delay deliveries up to year, and as a result up to 30 planes at one time were left stranded at the Everett plant, with the company on the brink of bankruptcy."



mhm... dont even try to shift the blame over on the manufacturer of the engines as they come in a package with the plane. if you wanna do that then im sure someone in the inside at airbus can also point to some suppliers for the delay.

A delay is a delay and Boeing is responsible for it.  

You dont go complaining to intel if your Dell pc is shipping late because of a supply issue between the companies do you? No, you "whine" to Dell for not delivering on time.

[Choocha]

Rip,


You're very lucky you're competing with a sorry socialist state and not the likes of Toyota or else you're easy high paying union job would be out the window.

Seeing the rank and file UAW actualy forced to work for thier six figure payouts is funny.


Hope you retire before you get you'res...the market always catches up with you.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Choocha
Rip,


You're very lucky you're competing with a sorry socialist state and not the likes of Toyota or else you're easy high paying union job would be out the window.

Seeing the rank and file UAW actualy forced to work for thier six figure payouts is funny.


Hope you retire before you get you'res...the market always catches up with you.

The Japanese will soon be entering the market (they already have with a 90 passenger aircraft I believe). You are so very correct.

FWIW, I am not union. I'm salaried management.

When I was a union machinist, I always stated that we were getting waaay more money than the average aerospace machinist and that was going to be the downfall of the  union...thats when we have 60,000 union workers....now its number is more like 25,000. I hate it when I'm right.  Glad I got out when I did, or I'd have been laid off along time ago.

[Ripsnort]

More news:
Aircraft leasing firm ILFC has switched an order for five freighter versions of Airbus' A380 to the passenger version, Airbus sales chief John Leahy told Reuters on Monday. "We're deferring deliveries until 2013, 2014 and 2015," said ILFC Chief Operating Officer John Plueger.
This news sort of passed by for most people. It seems there is little good news about the A380. Actually this news is rather big. It says two things: ILFC does not see any customers for the A380F it can persuade to lease the plane. The deferred delivery adds to that - demand for the plane is simply not as it once was. ILFC was reported to be getting close with South African Airways on the A380. That airline, desperate for more lift into Heathrow, actually needs a solution but seems unwilling to go for the A380.

[LePaul]

Ever consider switching careers to marketing and public relations?

[Choocha]

Ok RIP,


My bad.  The best thing that ever happened to the American consumer was the Japanese car invasion.  Imagine what would be on the roads without them?


I hope they enter the passenger aircraft market...it will make Boeing- after a lot of suffering, stronger in the end.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Choocha
Ok RIP,


My bad.  The best thing that ever happened to the American consumer was the Japanese car invasion.  Imagine what would be on the roads without them?


I hope they enter the passenger aircraft market...it will make Boeing- after a lot of suffering, stronger in the end.

Well, if we use the Big 3 auto makers as a litmus test for that...then I'd say Boeing would fail!

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by LePaul
Ever consider switching careers to marketing and public relations?

I sort of do some of that in Project Management.  (Except at the project level...)

[VOR]

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