Originally Posted by
billdokes
An awful lot of leaps in there...there is no shortage of demand for Boeing products, the issue is on their ability to execute to fulfill that demand which appears to be getting better by the month. You've many times said that Airbus doesn't innovate and has 'boring' products, meanwhile, they also have an order book a mile deep with wildly successful products in every segment. Please elaborate on what sort of 'innovation' you expect to see from Comac?
The Chinese have never been known as 'innovators', but rather are the knock-off kings ripping off the IP created by Companies in the West, South Korea, Japan, etc, and using cheap labour and a suspect regulatory environment to win on price. So please, tell us what great leaps forward you expect to be brought that will lead Airlines to take the HUGE leap of adding them to the fleet?
Wait... you say "knock-off kings ripping off the IP created by Companies in the West". isn't this basically what Airbus has done? OK... Except for the A 380 of course.
Originally Posted by
billdokes
In particular, how do you think they fit into the AC world since the thread is supposed to be about discussing AC's Master Fleet Strategy, not a general opine on geo-politics, macro-economics, or whether one is or is not pre-disposed to liking the French.
My point is that AC will consider Comac in their Master Fleet strategy within the next 10 years. The geo-politics, macro-economics, and Airbus getting lazy because of those factors are my arguments for AC to consider Comac. I get it's not a popular opinion (and no...not being part of the popular opinion has never held me back).
Full disclosure, I do not dislike the French at all. Au contraire...I find them quite amusing. And yes...I have family that had lived in France and I have worked with and socialized with many people from France for may many years. I just recognize their idiosyncrasies and tend to point them out.
And yes, I say the same things to their faces as I have posted here. Most French people who now live in Quebec tend to agree with me.