Unless it is established that Airbus did say what is alleged in the thread title, can I suggest removing the quotation marks as otherwise this reeks of the journalistic distortion of which this forum is so frequently and correctly critical.
If the actual statement was as per Greek God's quotation above, the provocative title (which, so far as I can see, is a subjective interpretation and not a quotation) would be a travesty of a more reasonable Airbus statement of design philosophy, presumably made by someone with a point of view to promote for whatever reason. Judging by some of the responses, many of the contributors to this debate seem to have swallowed the bait in classic Sun reader fashion.
Last edited by Max Tow; 26th Nov 2005 at 01:18.