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Old 20th Jul 2011, 07:30
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Cost of Boeing’s US Air Force contract could overrun: report | Air Force News at DefenseTalk

You would imagine the people at Airbus would be smiling so much it would hurt as the septic air force is getting an inferior product (and much later than they wanted) and those jolly helpful folks in Seattle will be losing a lot of money to make it happen (or will that just be US tax payers money that is lost in the end)?

On second thoughts I think Airbus will be too busy counting all the $s they are likely to receive to really care. Both in Airframe numbers ordered and associated $s, Paris Airshow was a thumping win for Airbus.

From the outside it was amusing to watch the USAF competition rules having to be so so slanted that the 767 could win. Funnily enough airlines do not typically suffer from politics induced handicapping – they just buy on quality and price and there is only one winner there.

Still, I find it comforting there seems to be a bit of natural justice in the world!

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