Redtail hit the nail on the head. The media only delivers headlines with often little else. To sell the newspaper or tv news program is the only important objective here.
Brenoch described the big picture ("das grosse Bild")regarding Airbus civilian subsidies. Boeing airliners are not subsidised by US taxpayers, as is the case with civilian Airbus aircraft. Our US tax dollars are not available (yet) to support any Boeing goal to market planes at or below cost (in order to compete), as has been the case with Airbus for years.
It is difficult to understand why the IAM leaders can't delay for a while. It could have been to their advantage.
"Steam-gauge" planes need almost no computers to fly, but they need pilots.
[ 16 December 2001: Message edited by: Ignition Override ]