I will not comment on much of IO's post, some of his implied accusations are too close to libel for my liking.
Let me just look at his slightly snide jibe at the Airbus engine manufacturers and their consortia.
GE were the first supplier to Airbus when the UK pulled Rolls out the game and went to bed with those nice people from Lockheed - remember them?
GE supplied all the early engines on the A300B2/B4 (CF6-50C series that were basically those used on the DC10-30) until that other repository of European government funding (joke!), Pratt & Whitney, delivered some nice JT9D-59As for some airlines.
All the A310s were powered by either GE or P & W.
Both GE and P & W are currently supplying engines for A300-600s.
On the A330-200/-300, P & W, GE and Rolls all compete and win some and lose some.
CFM56, the American/French engine, was first used to re-engine DC8s, then into the 737-300/400/500 and to re-engine some US military KC-135s. Later, Airbus fitted the -5 versions on the A320 Family and the A340-200/-300. It continues to use the latest versions of this fine engine today. Boeing today uses the -7 in the 737NG. So there must be something really fishy there!
IAE is jointly owned by P & W, RR and the Japanese industry with some smaller holdings elsewhere. It is based in East Hartford, (in the US last time I looked) and has only sold, thus far, to airlines to equip the A320 Family.
The latest Airbus aircraft to fly, the A318, is fitted with either the PW 6000 from Pratt or the CFM56.
The A380 can be powered by a version of the Rolls Royce Trent. A consortium engine - from the P & W and GE Alliance - is also offered on this aircraft.
Remind me, what were you implying?