You think they could have predicted the need for a 757 replacement and realized the 737 isn't it. Or just kept updated 757s in production, just like the 737 has been.
United orders 50 new Airbus long-range jets to replace Boeing 757s
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Why would Airbus be different?
My suspicion: the whole world lets the FAA validate airplanes and then sort of rubber stamps. Boeing was able to capture the FAA, but Airbus wasn't(since it's a foreign company). As such Airbus is still working with a proper adversarial regulator, whereas Boeing can get away with more cut corners. Eventually that screwed them. The EUs move for greater local safety review, ironically, might make Airbus less safe, sinc…
Let's not forget that until the two MAX crashes, Boeing had an overall safer record for its 7x7 line than Airbus did with its equivalent passenger jets.
So the EU's "vaunted" adversarial regulator actually was doing a much worse job than the FAA.
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It is funny how you think there is no corruption in Brussels. Of course it is there! The rules of the game are though that we don't touch our own Corporations. So Brussels will look the other way when VW cheats their customers in the US and Washington won't care when let's say Google has its way in EU. The real difference is that corruption is somehow legalized in the USA (a.k.a "lobbying") while it's not in the EU,…
socialdemocrat didn't claim no corruption, simply not the same degree. Corruption in Europe is different, and often more subtle, than in the US (have lived and worked in both) but I do feel that over the 30 years the US has really gotten a lot worse compared to the EU countries.
Eastern EU countries would disagree.
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Looking at how Gazprom is buying EU politicians wholesale ...
Could you provide a link?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Schröder criticism section
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Up to a point. But when you get to the point that an industry is so vertically integrated that only one entity can viably compete, you have a monopoly.
There's no monopoly here, there's a duopoly. Airbus and Boeing are in fierce competition with each other. On top of that, the Chinese are entering the fray too.
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#177America is going to pay for the cronyism that merged every airplane manufacturer into one and eliminated internal competition. If you don't have internal competition, you'll collapse in the face of external competition. There is no way to get away from Boeing without getting away from the American aerospace industry entirely, a problem that didn't exist back when McDonnell Douglas was around.
Yup. I really hope these guys don't get bought up if their supersonic plane comes to fruition.
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Does that plane actually fly? The stealth fighter jet they revealed years ago (made from various manufacturer's stolen plans) was nowhere near flying
Which one are you talking about? The J-20 or FC-31? The J-20 has appeared (and flied and demonstrated its weapon bay) on multiple public air shows where foreign medias were invited. I believe they also have a few squadrons in service already.
Not sure. I wasn't aware that they have two
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#179Earlier quoted context omitted.
My suspicion: the whole world lets the FAA validate airplanes and then sort of rubber stamps. Boeing was able to capture the FAA, but Airbus wasn't(since it's a foreign company). As such Airbus is still working with a proper adversarial regulator, whereas Boeing can get away with more cut corners. Eventually that screwed them. The EUs move for greater local safety review, ironically, might make Airbus less safe, sinc…
Let's not forget that until the two MAX crashes, Boeing had an overall safer record for its 7x7 line than Airbus did with its equivalent passenger jets. So the EU's "vaunted" adversarial regulator actually was doing a much worse job than the FAA.
I think you have both misunderstood the argument being made, and misrepresented the relative safety of Airbus and Boeing passenger jets – which, by my understanding, is broadly comparable.
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We pay for this all over the place and not just in planes. Look at it in communications, entertainment, social media. Stock price is valued as more important than choice for the consumer.
And in things without a stock price, like the MTA. Isn't the second avenue subway exactly what you get when there's exactly one player in the game?
Not sure why you're downvoted. MTA basically has a license to print money. Their expenses keep growing while the service keeps deteriorating and fares increasing. They are very poorly managed and awarded the contract with no competition. The MTA has become too big to fail.