I didn't say any of that. My point is simply that building large modern passenger aircraft is Hard with a capital H, and while I wish them luck, China still ha

I didn't say any of that. My point is simply that building large modern passenger aircraft is Hard with a capital H, and while I wish them luck, China still has a long, long way to go. And FWIW, if you read up on Airbus's history, you'll see that their unusual structure and resulting internal politics have caused a lot of pain over the years (eg. the A380 superjumbo program). Ironically enough, Boeing got a taste of this too when they decided to outsource all the things when building the 787, which consequently went way over budget.