EU is just trying to distort the argument. They know they are guilty as hell. BUT, they also know they make an inferior product, and that the only reason Airbus sells as well as it does is because they discount their A/C HEAVILY in the face of the better Boeing product line. And, finally, they know that they would not be able to offer those discounts if it weren't for the subsidies afforded to airbus by the taxpayers.
I am torn because I do think Boeing needs competition to produce better aircraft, but I definitely think it should be fair competition, and Airbus is playing with a dirty deck of cards.
Support Boeing's competition - buy a 717 today!
I think this is an issue of creative accounting. They bury more development expenses in order to avoid some sort of WTC subsidy issue.
Do you think the dollar fall against the Euro will make Boeing's pricing competitive to the extent customers will be interested?
Actually I would like to know the marketing issues that makes a customer choose Airbus over Boeing. Plane price? Maintenance agreements? Parts pricing? Financing?
I know here in Seattle in the past it was Union incompetence with meeting production schedules that did Boeing in.