Villas, these are not just an opinion, they are the result of dealing with a flawed design concept from day one, indeed the reaction of the Airbus staff we were dealing with at the time of the Air India "Alpha Floor" crash was simply, and I quote," The Indians are just not able to manage modern machinery", ignoring the fact that India has a huge aviation history along with turning out some of the worlds very best computer geeks and engineers, if Airbus had simply stated in training and manuals that having one F/D of and one on would inhibit Alpha Floor, {it was neither taught or in the manuals at this time} this crash would simply not have taken place.As for orders in Canada, yes, West Jet, Air Canada and a new Start Up have large orders placed with Boeing, as for the C Series, time will tell, but right now its way over budget and late, no doubt the Canadian taxpayer will pick up the tab again! By the way, I fail to see the conection between order books and design flaws, the "Bean Counters" have little or no concept of anything other than counting the beans, but that a whole other subject!
Last edited by clunckdriver; 21st Feb 2015 at 15:32.
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