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Old 10th Jul 2008, 17:57
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well, let's face it - if Boeing had won again it would have been seen a homer decision, rewarding miscreants etc. So AF is "over-fair" to EADS but in doing so strays into assymetric information territory - deliberately or accidentally.

Now we have "best of three" where EADS can market their aircraft as being competitive with Boeing's whereas Boeing clean up the market that is their right since they managed to buy the only other US aircraft manufacturer that could have produced a wide-bodied jet aircraft.

The South won't get to build A330Fs but they will get to build Priuses, which is almost as good right?
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