Whitehatter and Overrun, I am not pushing any particular agenda here, just reporting the news. The French newspapers are already up in arms re the taxes being poured into EADS. This latest news will only add red to an end of fiscal year figures already with a tinge of red in them prior to this announcement, not to mention penalty payments due late deliveries which have not been made public.
If you feel an affinity for the product then good for you.....I have jumpseated on them many times (I fly the 747) and am impressed with some of the modes available that we do not have... but to dismiss such news as codswallop is putting your head in the sand and that is plain dumb.