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The line about lacking an FAA certification is odd. This aircraft couldn't possibly have an FAA certification yet, it hasn't even had its first test flight. Th

The line about lacking an FAA certification is odd. This aircraft couldn't possibly have an FAA certification yet, it hasn't even had its first test flight. They have a basic certification from the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) which will allow them to conduct test flights and similar. They are partnering with Ryanair (mostly inter-europe flights) and even Airbus expects them to compete outside of China by 2020. As to quality question: China produces both high AND low quality even if they're "known" for low quality. For example that iPhone in your pocket: China. Many chip fabricators: China. High end batteries: China. Etc. If china needs high quality, they will attain it. There's no specific reason, aside from time, why China cannot be a legitimate competitor for international aircraft.

sithadmin 11y ago
>There's no specific reason, aside from time, why China cannot be a legitimate competitor for international aircraft. Though this has no bearing on a Chinese firm's ability to bring a product to market, I can think of many moral and ethical arguments that could undermine the 'legitimacy' of Chinese jets (provided they're constructed with typical Chinese labor practices). Functional or not, the product is tainted.
wycx 11y ago
Fabricators of chips you are familiar with: Taiwan. Most of the Chinese fabless SoC companies (Allwinner, Rockchip etc.) aren't getting their chips fabbed by Chinese owned fabs. Most of those cheap chinese phones have Mediatek SoCs, from Taiwan.
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secfirstmd 11y ago
As far as I know they are not genuinely partnering with Ryanair. That was a clever negotiating tactic from CEO Michael O'Leary to squeeze more concessions from Boeing. He has always been a tough negotiator with them. Ryanair has a business model based on only keeping one type of jet. There is no way they would put all their eggs in a Chinese made aerial basket at this point.

sithadmin 11y ago

>There's no specific reason, aside from time, why China cannot be a legitimate competitor for international aircraft. Though this has no bearing on a Chinese firm's ability to bring a product to market, I can think of many moral and ethical arguments that could undermine the 'legitimacy' of Chinese jets (provided they're constructed with typical Chinese labor practices). Functional or not, the product is tainted.

wycx 11y ago

Fabricators of chips you are familiar with: Taiwan. Most of the Chinese fabless SoC companies (Allwinner, Rockchip etc.) aren't getting their chips fabbed by Chinese owned fabs. Most of those cheap chinese phones have Mediatek SoCs, from Taiwan.

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secfirstmd 11y ago

As far as I know they are not genuinely partnering with Ryanair. That was a clever negotiating tactic from CEO Michael O'Leary to squeeze more concessions from Boeing. He has always been a tough negotiator with them. Ryanair has a business model based on only keeping one type of jet. There is no way they would put all their eggs in a Chinese made aerial basket at this point.