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Boeing may overtake Airbus as No. 1 jet-maker in 2012
Analysis of the year-end figures reveals that, while Boeing delivered fewer jets, it surpassed Airbus in their dollar value. Moreover, the data suggest 2012 could be Boeing's year to take back the No. 1 spot. (seattletimes.nwsource.com) Mais...
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Hmmm. Strange. The homers are not tooting their horns here. In fact, they are all still pissed. Leave it to Boeing to spoil their own wet dream.
total agree.
While Boeing makes a good product, the lying SOB's just lost a whole lot of credibility and support on their "Leaving Wichita Deal". One of their factors was that cost was high at that facilty. You cannot make me believe that it's higher than Renton, and if it was, then change the management, not penalize the workers and the municipality that helped you get the tanker contract in the first place. Had it not been for those lobbying efforts, Airbus had that tanker contract, and then they stiff the ones that helped them get it!!! Good Job Boeing!!!!!!!!!!
Wayne, I believe it mainly is a management issue in Boeing. When I retired 7 years ago from Boeing, I was hearing things that were hard for me to understand. There seem to be a thread that Boeing would become an integrator and less of a manufacture - out sourcing was the key word. When they sold off the first part of Wichita (to Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.), I was appalled. That is where all of the B737 fuselages are made.
Yeah, I was wondering about that deal, especially with the carrot now dangling by Airbus about a US Assembly operation. Seems to me that Airbus has about 35 or so engineers already in Wichita working with Spirit. I'm a thinkin' that Spirit does work for both Airbus and Boeing, don't they.
I was unaware that Airbus was doing work with Spirit in Wichita. Spirit is Canadian owned I believe so I guess they can do what they want.
Airbus is also doing this multi-sourcing but in there case, by country that participate in Airbus / Thales programs. England/UK, Spain, Italy, Germany and probably others too. I would not like to be a manager in Airbus. The politics must be something else.
My main concern is that Boeing to continues to be a productive company as I draw my pension from them!
Airbus is also doing this multi-sourcing but in there case, by country that participate in Airbus / Thales programs. England/UK, Spain, Italy, Germany and probably others too. I would not like to be a manager in Airbus. The politics must be something else.
My main concern is that Boeing to continues to be a productive company as I draw my pension from them!
I really don't know for sure. I just remember reading here in FA in a squawk a few days back when Boeing first made their announcement; There was much talk about Spirit in it and I know it said something about 35 or so Airbus engineers in town, and they were tied to something Spirit was doing. You might look back for that original squawk as it had the blurb about it. I am fixing to leave or I would. If I don't hear back, I'll try and dig it out tomorrow.
Let me see if I can find the squawk.
I looked all the way through the old swuawks a year back and didn't find it. May have just ovelooked it. Good Luck
I couldn't find anything either. Still, makes you wonder if Airbus is trying to do something in the USA.
