AB's parent company is EADS. EADS is somewhat owned by… guess who? Of course the whale has to do well here! We're becoming a vertically alligned company- we're almost at the point where we make our own airframes, not unlike the automobile/ truck company that makes their own steel.
Not GM, Volkswagen, BMW or Mercedes… it's Tata.
Anyway, we can all moan and groan about T&C's but to the company's credit, my wife was recently diagnosed with a serious illness and the EK umbrella has opened up quite nicely, thank you very much.
We'd still be waiting another 16 MONTHS for the catscan and petscan with socialized health care where we're from, but we're almost done- from diagnosis to completion- in nine weeks!
That's the part of the package few realize is there.
Go ahead, make a quarter mill on a 320 in China- you're on your own if you or your family members get sick. Good luck!