Airbus A380 First Delivery Delayed again

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...
Robert,

Anyone want to give _me_ a 0% "loan" of
billions to see if I can design a new jet and sell it?


No, but you can have a nice, fat government contract for something else
to support you. How about that?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)


Government contracts require you to actually deliver a product or a service.
They aren't charity by any stretch of the imagination, and they are bid out
on a competitive basis. Big difference between that and getting low
interest no-obligation loans.

On Thu, 5 May 2005 16:36:35 -0600, "Dean Wilkinson"
wrote:

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...
Robert,

Anyone want to give _me_ a 0% "loan" of
billions to see if I can design a new jet and sell it?


No, but you can have a nice, fat government contract for something else
to support you. How about that?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)


Government contracts require you to actually deliver a product or a service.
They aren't charity by any stretch of the imagination, and they are bid out
on a competitive basis.///

....lavatory seats, for example

[sorry, sorry, couldn't resist...]

Brian W

Dean,

They aren't charity by any stretch of the imagination, and they are bid out
on a competitive basis.


Uh, yeah, right, if you say so. Oh, and that's exactly how I remember it with
the new Airforce tankers, too.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

In article ,
Thomas Borchert wrote:

They aren't charity by any stretch of the imagination, and they are bid out
on a competitive basis.

Uh, yeah, right, if you say so. Oh, and that's exactly how I remember it with
the new Airforce tankers, too.

So, you are saying that the Airbus deal is equivalent to the deal Boeing got
from the USAF because of Drunyan?

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

Bob,

So, you are saying that the Airbus deal is equivalent to the deal Boeing got
from the USAF because of Drunyan?


What I'm saying is that both Airbus and Boeing get strong support from their
respective governments.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

In article ,
Thomas Borchert wrote:

So, you are saying that the Airbus deal is equivalent to the deal Boeing got
from the USAF because of Drunyan?

What I'm saying is that both Airbus and Boeing get strong support from their
respective governments.

Mentioning the bogus (illegal?) deal Drunyan made with Boeing doesn't support
any claim that both Airbus and Boeing get equal treatment from their respective
governments. In fact, it would provide additional support to the view that
Airbus gets better deals.

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule