Every make gets cracked windshields, but only Boeing has a Google Alert search by every news agency looking to pile on.
Remember this: "Co-Pilot Sucked Out Plane Window After Airbus Windshield Shatters at 32,000 Feet" from Time, MAY 15, 2018
https://time.com/5277625/sichuan-air...ield-shatters/ Good news - they held onto the co-pilot.
Follow-up: "EASA to order Airbus windshield checks after Sichuan A319 blow-out in 2018" 3 March 2021
https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/...142714.article which certainly seems that every Airbus A319 might lose a windshield at any moment.
external water vapour probably infiltrated the windshield’s seal, as a result of damage, and over time affected the insulation of electrical wiring located at the bottom edge.
So unexpected that a plane would be exposed to water.
"Cracked windshield after takeoff. Iberia Airbus A330-300 returned to Miami." Apr 27, 2023
"Curious Cracks: When 14 Planes Suffered Windshield Damage In One Afternoon At Denver Airport" including one A319-100. Blamed on a combination of abrasive dirt and extreme cold allowed damage to the windshield to be an initiator for thermal expansion failure due to windshield heaters. JAN 31, 2023
https://simpleflying.com/denver-airp...rnoon-history/
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Notice that zero coverage was ever given to the first MCAS actuation? Not the crash, the flight the day before the crash that had the same plane, same defect, different crew, and made a 90 minute safe flight. Nor was there any comparative analysis of the progress of the 3 flights. Why? Sovereign immunity meant that the only money target was Boeing so Boeing became the sole pinata to beat cash out of.
It isn't clear what new plane Boeing would have developed. The 737 MAX met industry demand for a 737 compatible design because airlines don't want to set up a new maintenance system, all new parts, all new mechanic training, all new pilot training, all new supply chains.
Boeing systems engineers simply failed to ask, what if pilots ignore the increasing trim loads and attempt to muscle the plane instead of using the trim switches?
Would $40B have ensured that a similar situation would not exist at all? AF447 showed that pilots won't act correctly, but that was answered by the demand by Airbus for better pilot handling training.
Proposing a so called "clean sheet" design (the one most likely to create a really bad problem) might have been seen as risky enough for the board to replace the CEO and start the buyback anyway. Better money you can have right now than money you might have, if you don't get undercut by a competitor. I am in favor of returning to the days when companies were prohibited from buying back their stock. Thanks Reagan for letting them manipulate the market.
Airbus spent a huge amount of money on the A380, clean sheet for a new market. Will be lucky to break even on production cost, will never recoup development cost. Oh, look: "In total, the A380 program cost an estimated €30 billion ($33.9 billion) — and most of that money came from European taxpayers."
https://www.dw.com/en/airbus-a380-th...-dollar-dream/ Must be nice not to have to shoulder development costs.