Originally posted by Swoop
Sometimes you just gotta say....
"Hang the expense, we're doing it anyway.
Dont give a crap that it only give's 6 mpg ..., we dont give a crap.
And we're gonna be proud of it too, not only cos it's the best but because we built it.
And anyone who wants to slag it off cos it won't make any money can go screw themselves, we dont care ..... If johnny-foreigner thinks he can do better then he's welcome to go ahead and try......."
Now think about it for a second and ask yourself if you havn't thought the same way about something wholly American.
I assume this is still Concord related...
your ascertation is absolutely correct, many decisions are made with a hang the cost mentality. (anybody get a plasma screen TV?)
However, when another decision is made to cancel the development, purchase, et al, because of cost, environmental, and political factors, does that make this decision bad?
Fact remains that with subsidies Concorde still cost, what, $10k per round trip, London/Paris to New York? And cannot (or according to BA, can barely) break even? Kinda like Amtrak US train service, which is on the verge of possibly being cancelled.
Concorde is an outstanding engineering success, but your investment money does better in T-bills.
