Airbus A380

[The Basket]

:roll:

Airbus are having to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in compo to airlines.

This whole A380 project has gone badly wrong...god knows when they will see a profit...if ever.

[socommk23]

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rubbish plane anyway!

bring back the concord!

[arenalife]

Big projects = big teething problems, nothing new.

They'll sort it out.

The first couple of dozen 747's were built without engines because they couldn't get them to work reliably, they hung huge concrete blocks from the wings to simulate the weight while it was being sorted (they also didn't fly funnily enough).

[Luckypants]

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rubbish plane anyway! bring back the concord!
Yeah and all the families of the 6000 workers at Broughton (down the road) thank you for that :toss: . They depend on this plane being successful, cos if it ain't the whole of Airbus goes west.

[Tris]

Big projects = big teething problems, nothing new.

They'll sort it out.

The first couple of dozen 747's were built without engines because they couldn't get them to work reliably, they hung huge concrete blocks from the wings to simulate the weight while it was being sorted (they also didn't fly funnily enough).

I agree

Fantastic technology & logisitcs. 'Twould be a belting project to be part of.

Still I bet the project manager is going bald and grey simmultaneously (sp) sorting it out :(

[socommk23]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

rubbish plane anyway! bring back the concord!
Yeah and all the families of the 6000 workers at Broughton (down the road) thank you for that :toss: . They depend on this plane being successful, cos if it ain't the whole of Airbus goes west.

sore point then?

i said......

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rubbish plane anyway! bring back the concord!

not......

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all them people going to loose jobs!

[injury_ian]

Especially as Airbus had the contract for spares for concorde!

bring back concorde and they'll have immediate employment!

I never minded my house shuddering for a marvelous piece of engineering :D

[Spiderman]

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rubbish plane anyway! bring back the concord!
Yeah and all the families of the 6000 workers at Broughton (down the road) thank you for that :toss: . They depend on this plane being successful, cos if it ain't the whole of Airbus goes west.

sore point then?

i said......

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rubbish plane anyway! bring back the concord!

not......

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

all them people going to loose jobs!

Have all those people never heard of the saying "dont put all your eggs in one basket" then? ;)
Maybe an idea to look for some part time work right about now.

only j/king btw.

[Luckypants]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

rubbish plane anyway! bring back the concord!
Yeah and all the families of the 6000 workers at Broughton (down the road) thank you for that :toss: . They depend on this plane being successful, cos if it ain't the whole of Airbus goes west.

sore point then?

i said......

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

rubbish plane anyway! bring back the concord!

not......

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

all them people going to loose jobs!
Not a sore point, just happen to know lots of folks that work there. Laughing at the misfortune of a major employer implies you don't care that potentially many folks would lose their jobs.

[The Basket]

Yeah...the airbus A380 is a biiiiig project.

But Airbus couldn't keep the promises that they gave.

And they are now going even deeper into the sticky stuff.

[socommk23]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

rubbish plane anyway! bring back the concord!
Yeah and all the families of the 6000 workers at Broughton (down the road) thank you for that :toss: . They depend on this plane being successful, cos if it ain't the whole of Airbus goes west.

sore point then?

i said......

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

rubbish plane anyway! bring back the concord!

not......

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

all them people going to loose jobs!
Not a sore point, just happen to know lots of folks that work there. Laughing at the misfortune of a major employer implies you don't care that potentially many folks would lose their jobs.

what spiderman said as above!

no its not the workers fault, but counting chickens befor they hatch? not a great idea in any case!

[Moo]

Add in to all this the knock on effect of loss of engine orders at Rolls Royce and in fact the potential shelving of a whole engine project.
I work on the aftermarket service's and the engines for this project weren't going to give us a high volume of work but the loss will be felt by someone some where.

[timwilky]

Well if it does go tits up, the French government will bail them out. Insist on any layoffs being done outside of France. and stuff the English as our government couldn't give a flying feck about British industry as it aint cool.

[The Basket]

Anyhoo...airbus look like they are going to lay off thousands of workers around europe to try and save money after the A380 probs.

About jobs in the UK, Airbus go on about leaving the uk unless the government gives huge tax breaks and payouts...maybe move to Slovakia or whereever so they can use cheap east european slave labour wages.