Airbus in Flat Spin ?

[GAP]

And the Europeans never thought that they would rue the day they gave such power to their unions?

. ...I can't see Airbus pulling out this whole debacle without ending up being a skelton of it's former self.

 

[MarkOttawa]

AIRBUS HIT BY PROTESTS
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,472125,00.html

Thousands March to Save Jobs

Airbus workers across Europe put down their tools and picked up picket signs on Friday to protest the company's restructuring plan. The plane maker wants to shed 10,000 jobs...

UPS will decide on Airbus order replacement in 2007
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ups-decide-airbus-order-replacement/story.aspx?guid=%7B29983815-8A70-40C0-8CD1-19B413BE144F%7D

UPS...will decide on a replacement for the recently cancelled order for 10 Airbus A380 freight models, German weekly Euro am Sonntag writes Friday ahead of publication Sunday, citing UPS' Chief Financial Officer Scott Davis.

"A decision (on alternative orders) will be made by year-end," Euro am Sonntag cites Davis as saying.

Davis didn't want to rule out that new orders will be placed with Airbus, according to the magazine.

"Airbus is one of our partners and makes good aircraft. This is why we don't rule out anything," Davis tells the magazine.

UPS is sticking with its 2007 goals, the magazine writes...

Mark
Ottawa