Boeing are hypocrites. Airbus may get state aid up front, but Boeing get state aid in a murkier fashion of tax breaks, work practices exemptions and government contract exclusivity. There is little difference in terms of competitiveness, but there is a world of difference in employee conditions. I know which I consider more "honest". But, the US complaining about others when struggling to compete is nothing new. All the rubbish between the "Big 3" and "ME3", citing state aid in the ME while overlooking the Chapter 11 trading, allowing massive advantages to the Big3, the whining about competition in the EU, which was totally unfounded, the blocking of Concorde flights just because the US still couldn't make something similar 40 years on...