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What? Boeing’s claim is that Canada illegally subsidized Bombardier which seems to be true. But yes it’s the US’s fault that happened
by plandis 9y ago
What? Boeing’s claim is that Canada illegally subsidized Bombardier which seems to be true. But yes it’s the US’s fault that happened
- athenot 9y agoWe're just more clever at subsidizing Boeing in ways that don't look like a subsidy. For example, the Air Force bid that was about to be won by Airbus got re-spec'd in order to match the requirements with what Boeing happened to provide (number of engines, iirc).
- noir_lord 9y ago250m a copy, it'll never fly, I'll take 300. TBH it's not that clever, it's just that the US can use it's out-sized economic might to force smaller countries to accept it.
- vanattab 9y agoI believe athenot is referring to the KC-X program in which Airbus definitely got screwed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC-X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC-X
- valuearb 9y agoBoeing doesn’t even sell anything in Bombardiers class, they aren’t competitors. And as a US taxpayer i’m all in favor of foreign governments subsidizing my travel with cheaper commuter jets.
- knz 9y ago> And as a US taxpayer i’m all in favor of foreign governments subsidizing my travel with cheaper commuter jets. The C series are also very quiet (marketed at 4x smaller footprint/up to 20db reduction). Airports are/were quite excited about what these new aircraft mean for residential noise mitigation (billions across the US).
- mvc 9y agoOh please. If you think Boeing don't get subsidies from the US government I have some land to sell you in Florida. https://www.upi.com/Boeing-receives-983M-contract-for-aircraft-engineering/6091485955018/ https://www.upi.com/Boeing-receives-983M-contract-for-aircra...