Another A380 Woe?

[tdracer]

Originally Posted by etudiant

There was a good book written about the economics of commercial aircraft development: 'The Sporty Game' by John Newhouse https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...he_Sporty_Game

Let me second that - excellent book - I still have a copy laying around the house somewhere that I read maybe 30 years ago.

Am I the only one confused by the WTO reaction to all this? Boeing's big complaint all along was that "launch aid" meant that Airbus didn't bear the full risk of making bad decisions in aircraft development. WTO sort of agreed (although in a weasel worded way). Then the A380 implodes, Airbus says the launch add doesn't need to be paid back - pretty much proving that the Boeing complaint was valid, and the WTO reaction is - the program is dead, no further action required.