Official: Britain out of Airbus

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Re: Official: Britain out of Airbus

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I heard a local radio guy go nuts this afternoon saying "God forbid we go to war with the Europeans anytime in the next fifty years; we'd be screwed!"

Yeah, right. Like EADS or Airbus wants to lose this customer any more than the USAF would want to lose the parts. These trade agreements make war less likely, not more likely.
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doesn't really balance out the tanker contract news, but another delay with the 380...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7397627.stm
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And Singapore Airlines grounded a second A380: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7313957.stm
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For some reason I just had a flashback to the electricals in my 1960 vintage VW and British cars.
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