JetBlue Answers My Complaint re Their Buying Airbus, not Boeing Jets

email ^ | 5/2/03 | AirBus PR maven

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

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[Bonaparte]

From the Nestle Waters North America website --

Nestlé Waters North America has been a part of Nestlé SA since 1992, and reports directly to Nestlé Waters, the water division in Paris, France.

[Bonaparte]

I hope this clears things up --

NWNA Domestic Waters

NWNA Imported Waters

[epow]

So France is subsidising the American air transport industry?

Not just France, Airbus is a consortium of several socialist European governments and Euro corporations. Jet Blue is getting 65 new aircraft from Airbus at 0 interest and no payments due until five years after delivery. Not to mention the lower price vis a vis comparable Boeing aircraft. Small wonder Jet Blue is flying Airbus aircraft. As far as the Airbus being French, they are only assembled in France from sub-assemblies and components built in 16 other nations, including the US, the UK, Spain, Germany, Italy, China, and others.

My son is a pilot with a major air carrier and now flies A320s and A319s. He previously flew Boeing 727s, and he says the Airbus is like an '03 Lexus compared to the mid-1960s designed 727. Of course the newer Boeings are as good or better than anything built anywhere, but they haven't much more claim to being American made than the Airbus has to being French made. The Airbus aircraft he flies are powered by General Electric fanjet engines and contain many American-made components. Some current production Boeings are powered by Rolls Royce engines, and Boeing also uses many sub-assemblies and other components built offshore. Including some major airframe sub-assemblies built in Communist China.

Personally, I would much rather my son was flying planes built in America with all American components, but in today's world that just isn't a realistic preference. Right now I'm just glad he still has a job with the most stable company of all the large carriers. Those who are advocating a boycott of Jet Blue must want to see another American air carrier go out of business and thousands more Americans put out of a job. I'm as disgusted with the obnoxious French as anyone, but I never thought that cutting off my nose to spite my face is a good idea.

[Bonaparte]

see post 45.

[stainlessbanner]

W flies a Lockheed jet

[thucydides]

Thanks for the help. I suppose that if they are all owned now by Nestle, those who don't want to patronize the French can consider the ultimate ownership to be a Swiss based company.

[Bonaparte]

Oh, it is a Swiss company and always has been. I believe the French benefit minimally from Nestle operations.

[Crusader21stCentury]

You should check this link.
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[Jonez712]

747's are great especially upstairs - got bumped up there on a few LA-Tokyo flights, but on flights around Asia they really pack the seats in.

Yeah, that's the nicest part of the plane. And I would say why they pack the seats in around Asia, but I think I'd be guilty a "hate crime."

[Bonaparte]

Thanks. I already did check that link. In fact, I provided it in a previous post.