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how come this company hasnt gone bankrupt
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The way the airliner business works, you have to order planes years in advance of them actually getting built. IIRC Boeing has a backlog of 1000 and Airbus has 5000. So no matter how bad they're fricking everything up right now, it'll be years before there's consequences.
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It literally has the feds just bankroll them because Boeing falling is bad news for national security and their wallets
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To be fair letting the Euros have a monopoly on planes is probably not the best idea.
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sorry, no new planes unless you let in a million arabs and africans into your country every year.
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At least Airbus delivers quality planes and doesn't have their doors just fall off mid-flight.
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Not yet
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No they dont. Their shit falls off too. Just not as in the news as much as Boeing.
https://www.businessinsider.com/united-airlines-airbus-turned-back-engine-lining-fell-off-2024-6
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A piece of engine cover falling off close to the ground is not in the same category as a door falling off mid flight.
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Yeah youre right theyre not in the same category, the engine cover falling off is much worse as it jeopardizes the entire plane.
Either way it shows Airbus has the same quality issues as Boeing.
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You think a literal door falling off doesn't jeoperdize the entire plane?
There is a big difference in having QC issues where sometimes the cover falls off and where a literal door falls off depressurising the cabin instantly.
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Youre the one trying to argue Airbus has good quality when parts of its engines fall off. Thats not good quality.
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Not my problem sweaty.
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It'll get there if it can't renew enough contracts in the next few years.
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