Excuse me if I've got the wrong end of the stick, but it doesn't half sound like people like Col Klink are DYING for Airbus to fail! Do they realise the effect this could have on thousands of livelihoods globally? This includes citizens in nations on both sides of the Boeing/Airbus axis as it is not the case that only US companies supply Boeing and European companies supply Airbus. "My airline manufacturer's bigger than your airline manufacturer" arguments appear childish and at the very least spoil reasoned debate on this thread and many others. Sheesh!
Just an observation, carry on....