Airbus A 380 is rolling

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:49:12 -0500, Dan Luke wrote:

Overall, though, if
the 380 is a big success it will hurt Boeing and the U. S.

it _will_ hurt Boeing, but I doubt that it will hurt the US. Such big
companies think global, so they spread maintainance, parts, etc. all over
the world. IMHO

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Martin Hotze wrote:

companies think global, so they spread maintainance, parts, etc. all over
the world. IMHO

Each A380 will be maintained at the home base of whichever company has
bought it, exactly as your spam can isn't ferried to the USA for the 50
hours check of the Lycoming.

Reminds me of a story a couple of years ago. The Swiss army planned to
buy a certain amount of trucks. Some politicians insisted that they
should be Saurer trucks (Saurer was a now defunct Swiss truck factory)
rather than the somewhat cheaper Mercedes because by buying the Swiss
stuff, they would create work in Switzerland. Taking a closer look it
turned out that by buying the German Mercedes they would create *more*
work in Switzerland, because the German Mercedes had much more Swiss
built parts than the Swiss Saurer...

Stefan

I saw an announcement two weeks ago in my local newspaper that Airbus
was searching for a site to build a US maintenance base.

Stefan wrote:
Martin Hotze wrote:
Each A380 will be maintained at the home base of whichever company has
bought it, exactly as your spam can isn't ferried to the USA for the 50
hours check of the Lycoming.

"john smith" wrote:
I saw an announcement two weeks ago in my local newspaper that Airbus
was searching for a site to build a US maintenance base.

Yes. My airport, Mobile Downtown, is in the running. Not sure I'm
crazy about this idea, as GA ramp space might be appropriated for new
facilities. On the other hand, if it boosts the local economy enough,
it might pump up my Bonanza fund.
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Dan
C172RG at BFM

Dan,

Yes. My airport, Mobile Downtown, is in the running.


So what on earth are you complaining about in your "war" comments?
You'd rather want Airbus to take your view and move to some other
place? Jeeze...

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"Thomas Borchert" wrote:
Yes. My airport, Mobile Downtown, is in the running.


So what on earth are you complaining about in your "war" comments?
You'd rather want Airbus to take your view and move to some other
place? Jeeze...

Well, no. If the 380 succeeds (which is starting to seem likely), of course
I'd like my local economy to benefit. Taking the larger view, though, I
would regard the success of the 380 as a very ominous sign for Boeing, and
thus for the U. S. manufacturing economy in general.
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Dan
C-172RG at BFM

Dan,

Taking the larger view, though, I
would regard the success of the 380 as a very ominous sign for Boeing, and
thus for the U. S. manufacturing economy in general.


Taking the larger view, you'd see that 50 percent or so of each A380 are
manufactured in the US. It just doesn't say Boeing anymore outside. So what?

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:08:13 +0200, Stefan
wrote:

Taking a closer look it
turned out that by buying the German Mercedes they would create *more*
work in Switzerland, because the German Mercedes had much more Swiss
built parts than the Swiss Saurer...

And perhaps they broke down more often?

It has often struck me that the jobs lost to the American economy
through the Honda Accord are all maintenance jobs, since the Accord is
built in the U.S. and never breaks down.


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Did anyone read the Wall Street Journal article two weeks ago that
listed all the A380 suppliers, what they supply and where they are located?

Martin Hotze wrote:
it _will_ hurt Boeing, but I doubt that it will hurt the US. Such big
companies think global, so they spread maintainance, parts, etc. all over
the world. IMHO

In article ,
says...

Did anyone read the Wall Street Journal article two weeks ago that
listed all the A380 suppliers, what they supply and where they are located?


Didn't see the article, but it's a very pertinent point. US (and worldwide)
suppliers play a very important role in the A380 program, and their risk to
benefit ratio is attractive, compared to that of Airbus Industrie.

Boeing CEO Condit, in a visit to France a few years ago, mad a snide comment,
something like "The manufacture and sale of a Boeing aircraft benefits France
and Europe more than the sale of an Airbus aircraft." He was referring to the
cost of subsidies paid to Airbus, but also to the shared markets for suppliers
- notably engines.