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Re:Airbus ready to axe A380 if fails to win Emirates deal by valuearb on Thursday December 28, 2017 @02:10PM (#16024114)
Methinks the operational gains could be done for 1/100th or less of the $30B+ the A380 cost. Failing at a huge project isn't a way to get governments to back off, it's a way to get them to realize they should stop funding you.
Re:Airbus ready to axe A380 if fails to win Emirates deal by tankenmate on Monday January 01, 2018 @07:23AM (#16045798)
But there is also the human factor to consider, especially in organisations that are fully or partly government owned. They don't have their "own" money (it's taxpayer money), and in some ways they aren't allowed to pursue their own agenda (it's not their money right?), it is political; so rocking the boat by pushing change can be difficult. So for these types of organisation sometimes it takes catastrophic events to foment change.