Is AA's anti-American decision to buy Euro planes making you fly elsewhere?
Aug 23, 2011, 10:32 am
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Isn't it, in fact, more patriotic to purchase Airbus?
The Boeing offerings aren't as fuel efficient, which would, in turn, increase the USA's reliance of foreign oil, making the US less of a power in the world and in the long-term trevialising the miniscule outlay for the non US aircraft?
I think they strengthened America.
The Boeing offerings aren't as fuel efficient, which would, in turn, increase the USA's reliance of foreign oil, making the US less of a power in the world and in the long-term trevialising the miniscule outlay for the non US aircraft?
I think they strengthened America.
Aug 23, 2011, 10:34 am
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haha...makes ya wonder where the computer/laptop/monitor/mouse/keyboard was made/manufactured that the OP used to type the post. I never knew there was a HUGE Intel chip manufacture in Costa Rica.
Aug 23, 2011, 10:39 am
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Oxygen deprivation from standing on such a high horse has clouded your ability to make rational decisions. It's called globalization, accept it. The most "American" car is made by a Japanese company while many "American" companies outsource their manufacturing overseas. Guess AA shouldn't purchase 787s because of Japanese wings, Italian tails, German seats, French landing gear, and British engines.
Aug 23, 2011, 10:41 am
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And for what it's worth, I don't even like Airbus planes, but that has f#!@ all to do with where they are made!
This thread made me LOL....
Aug 23, 2011, 10:44 am
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Aug 23, 2011, 10:46 am
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Airbus USA directly supports over 120,000 US workers, add to that Honeywell avionics etc. A new Airbus A320 is about 50% American
Constrastingly the new B787 if they ever manage to launch it will be the most outsourced aircraft ever built. Your ill aligned patriotism though will do wonders for Turkey and Japan.
Is it not also time for AA to also retire their old American FA's to the desert and upgrade to some shiny new European cabin crew too?
Aug 23, 2011, 10:51 am
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I wonder where the OP was when AA flew BAC 1-11's?
I wonder where the OP was when AA flew BAC 1-11's?
Aug 23, 2011, 10:54 am
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Isn't it, in fact, more patriotic to purchase Airbus?
The Boeing offerings aren't as fuel efficient, which would, in turn, increase the USA's reliance of foreign oil, making the US less of a power in the world and in the long-term trevialising the miniscule outlay for the non US aircraft?
I think they strengthened America.
The Boeing offerings aren't as fuel efficient, which would, in turn, increase the USA's reliance of foreign oil, making the US less of a power in the world and in the long-term trevialising the miniscule outlay for the non US aircraft?
I think they strengthened America.
The non existant A320 NEO is suppose to be much more efficient than a 737-800 or an A320 NON NEO. The 737 version of NEO is a big ???????.
A lot of the procurement decisons are being based on availability due to the backlog. Either plane is more efficient then the replacements.
Aug 23, 2011, 11:00 am
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Trying to avoid US airlines that fly Airbus is going to leave the OP with a pretty short list. As mentioned, Southwest. Airtran, which is being bought out by Southwest. CO, which is merging with UA (which uses Airbus). And if you include regionals and expand your xenophobic bias outside of just Airbus, CO uses Canadian, Brazilian and Swedish planes already, so that leaves the OP as a Southwest flyer only.
Aug 23, 2011, 11:07 am
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This thread is almost as good as the "American is awful because they only had Coke Lite instead of Coke Zero on my flight!" ^
Aug 23, 2011, 11:08 am
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Many people are expecting that American's A320neo frames will be assembled in Mobile, although I doubt that changes anything for the rabidly xenophobic protectionist crowd.
Aug 23, 2011, 11:15 am
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Aug 23, 2011, 11:15 am
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Did we step into freeper territory by accident?
How about that virgin america? I bet *none* of the staff are virgins!
Alaska Airlines in Seattle and making a push to Hawaii?! What a world.
How about that virgin america? I bet *none* of the staff are virgins!
Alaska Airlines in Seattle and making a push to Hawaii?! What a world.
Aug 23, 2011, 11:19 am
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Oh yeah, my answer: I couldn't give a rat's butt about where they get the planes.
Cheers.
Cheers.
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Aug 23, 2011, 11:24 am
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I was going to let the "un-American" purchase of Airbus planes go....but then I got a British FA on an American flight (imagine my horror!)....that sent me over the edge... no more AA! You've gone too far giving foreigners jobs on your planes!