Can 75% of customers be wrong?
Yes, quite. Thank-you.
GE did a neat hatchet job in my estimation. Made sense in that the GE90 needed to secure a future.
The wonder of RR's engine technology is reflected in the mantra - invent once, use many times. RR's Trent family reflects that. The GE90 was a different matter.
Anyway, RR's press releases tell me that the Trent 700 has captured more than 75% of orders for the A330 in the last three years. In a three-way engine competition that's impressive (I believe RR was once firmly rooted in third place). If it is a poor product, then it's amazing, surely?
But I don't have to work with them day in day out so I'll never have the full picture.