I'm not interested in an A v. B urinating contest either - and while there is truth in what you're saying, solving the wiring issue at an engineering level was only part of the solution as a whole. What needed to (and apparently did) happen was a wholesale no-blame review of the management processes around specification, design and manufacture to prevent a recurrence of the problem on the next project.
Airbus have a distinct advantage in this regard, because they've been using a multinational and multi-lingual supply chain since the inception of the original consortium - or earlier, if you include the experience with Concorde - and so will tend to be better prepared for this kind of process overhaul (though Boeing have been sourcing heavy engineering from Japan since the late '70s). Boeing will hopefully overcome the issues they've been having as long as management are prepared to open all the potential cans of worms. It should, however, be noted that most of the manufacturing issues brought to light seem to stem from Boeing's suppliers within the US.
Last edited by DozyWannabe; 9th Oct 2013 at 14:26.