Hot Dog.
As a matter of fact I did. Many times on PPrune I wrote that the bus would never be deliverd on time and in spec.
I wasn't more than 7 years old when Boeing rolled the 747 out so I can't comment.However I do seem to recall a lot of the problems were not the Airframe but the Engines, ring a bell Hot dog.
I spend a huge amount of time and money in Airbus products and know the guys who fly them pretty well. The A340-600 mess is another case in point.
Read my lips "AIRBUS HAVE NEVER EVER IN THE HISTORY OF AVIATION DELIVERED AN AIRCRAFT ON TIME/BUDGET/OR ........SPEC."
Rant over.
"if it's not Boeing.........."