The French Parliment erupted in near chaos today, with accusations being lobbed regarding the Airbus snafu - where the PM called Mr. Hollande's request to oust Forgeard 'Cowardice'. The French government will look at more direct control of EADS now, which won't sit very well with the German government.
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In related news, ILFC chairman Stephen Udvar-Hazy announced that his company may cancel orders for 10 A380s and would also cancel the A350 orders if Airbus does not offer something more concrete by Farnborough. Responding to ILFC's comments, an Airbus spokeswoman told Reuters she had "no information" about any plans by ILFC to change its orders.
Malaysia Airlines is also planning to cancel A380 orders. (or were they just commits for 6 ?)
(EDIT: This already mentioned above by HectorusRex) - - And finally, according to German media, M. Forgeard was asked to step down from EADS by major shareholders due to the program delays and his questionable (but highly profitable) stock sale back in late March. Recently, I read (here) that the head of Daimler/Chrysler called M. Foregeard a pathological liar.
Perhaps a change at the top would be a good confidence building move by EADS ?
Anyone recall Lockheed's difficult launch of the Tri-Star ?