NFR, I tend to agree,
however it appears that in the end it was a no contest. From the intel that I have heard, the Bus beat the boeing in just about every department, and it was probably cheaper too.
In two crucial areas, it has a greater offload capability (which is everything in AAR) and decisively, it will come equipped with both delivery systems (boom and baskets). Those two points alone would make it unbackable.
Now all they have to do is find someone in the RAAF with airbus flybywire experience and they will be laughing. If not they may find themselves proffessionally embarrassed by brilliant Airbus engineering a la the boys in Jo'burg recently.
Cheers
dmf
Last edited by druckmefunk; 18th Apr 2004 at 21:37.