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It's disingenuous for you to suggest that PLB has taken the decision he has because the merger "didn't suit him", you know very well that is not the case! Why didn't he go last July?
I shall refrain from airing the dirty washing on a public forum, but I'll just say that I'm personally very sad that such a likeable and able person as PLB felt that he couldn't do what has been asked of him - the question is, who can?
As regards your comment "of course the Airbus is workable", I hope you aren't forced to eat your words, because the Airbus is the least of our problems at the moment!