Quote Originally Posted by Ozme52 View Post
I agree that protectionism is wrong... and that's exactly why EADS (Airbus) shouldn't be awarded the contract. Their ability to undercut Boeing's bid is, in part, due to government subsidies. Historically... French subsidies... and awarding any military contract to a French company... well it grates on me.

As far as quality is concerned... time will tell.

Boeing rocks in comparison to what Airbus produces commerically... but that's strictly a lay opinion.
Boeing did annouce today 3-10-08 that they are apealing the decsion, not sure if they have any chance
not to mention the loss of all those jobs in a very struggling economy