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We'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-s
by athenot 9y ago
We'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