Bear:
Hmm... It is exactly like asking MacDonalds to take up the slack for a foundering competitor.
Eliminating the T9 on the Whale would be the Death Knell for RR.
It could also impact Qantas and anyone else who is dependent on the long-range fuel specifics
promised by RR for the A380. If the T9s and other large RR engines keep having catastrophic failures (or having to be shut down due to impending failure), and fuel prices continue to escalate, everyone, airlines, EADS, and RR will suffer. We may be on the threshold of the scenario put forth in the k2p blog where one engine supplier inherits a monopoly.