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Veteran Expediter
Reading Brinksmanship at Airbus,
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/02/brinksmanship_at_airbus.html
This makes me proud that I live here. I mean that we are one of, if not the most productive country in the world, we have some of the most successful companies in the world because the government does not have their fingers in it (outside of regulations) and that the world still depends on our stability to lead the world contrary of what the media, the democrats and the left have been saying.
But what really gets me is this paragraph;
“The delivery delays in the A380 meant that Fedex and UPS had to find alternative airlift capacity. Fedex outright cancelled its order for 10 A380Fs and purchased Boeing 777Fs. ILFC converted its order to passenger versions of the A380. And UPS, which had previously laid down cash and ordered A300 twin-jet jumbo freighters, only to convert that order to A380Fs, had a substantial non-refundable deposit at stake. UPS entered into negotiations with Airbus for compensation for the delay, and then ordered Boeing 767F twinjet freighters as an interim substitute. Boeing, anxious to keep its 767 assembly line operating in the face of a dearth of orders for the aging design, no doubt gave UPS a highly advantageous deal on the planes.â€
Oh yea,
For those who are interested in why the EU is bad and why france has so many problems, here is another article to read;
http://realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/11/airbus_blamed_for_poor_french.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/02/brinksmanship_at_airbus.html
This makes me proud that I live here. I mean that we are one of, if not the most productive country in the world, we have some of the most successful companies in the world because the government does not have their fingers in it (outside of regulations) and that the world still depends on our stability to lead the world contrary of what the media, the democrats and the left have been saying.
But what really gets me is this paragraph;
“The delivery delays in the A380 meant that Fedex and UPS had to find alternative airlift capacity. Fedex outright cancelled its order for 10 A380Fs and purchased Boeing 777Fs. ILFC converted its order to passenger versions of the A380. And UPS, which had previously laid down cash and ordered A300 twin-jet jumbo freighters, only to convert that order to A380Fs, had a substantial non-refundable deposit at stake. UPS entered into negotiations with Airbus for compensation for the delay, and then ordered Boeing 767F twinjet freighters as an interim substitute. Boeing, anxious to keep its 767 assembly line operating in the face of a dearth of orders for the aging design, no doubt gave UPS a highly advantageous deal on the planes.â€
Oh yea,
For those who are interested in why the EU is bad and why france has so many problems, here is another article to read;
http://realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/11/airbus_blamed_for_poor_french.html