On 27-Sep-05 13:29, Robert M. Gary wrote:
Does anyone have any insight into why the A320 isn't able to dump fuel.
What factors would go into such a design compromise?
-Robert


It almost sounds as if you would be believing that Airbus is French. :-)

It is not. It is rather a product of an international consortium
(British, German, French, Italian) in which French does not have
the largest financial stake anyway...

The making of an Airbus is literally like the caricature about
the bureaucracy in the "United Europe." It is a maze of parts and
subcomponent tourism (Super Goopies and Belugas are being used.)
For example wings for the A320 are being made in Bremen, Germany.
Many wing components come from Britain, after which they ship the
wings to Toulouse, France in a Goopy. etc etc. You name it, every
Airbus model has its own subdivision of manufacturing sites and
different logistics.

Thomas