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They have to be extremely careful what they say. Boeing is considered a strategically important business to the U.S. - they supply everything from airliners to
by madaxe_again 3y ago
They have to be extremely careful what they say.
Boeing is considered a strategically important business to the U.S. - they supply everything from airliners to bombers to spacecraft to cruise missiles. They also create jobs all over the place - taxpayer dollars are funnelled via the pork barrel to jobs programs.
The government cannot allow it to fail, and if Boeing looks bad, the government looks bad. Therefore anyone who makes Boeing look bad is an enemy of the government.
So - you end up with these noncommittal pieces. If they outright said “we are thinking of airbus”, you get the government banning the purchase of airbus aircraft, as that would endanger Boeing, and then you’re stuck with Boeing and the government wants to audit your everything and know why you aren’t standing in line behind the flag.
So the safe option is to make some noncommittal rumblings, and change nothing.
- boringuser2 3y agoWho's going to do anything about it, Joe? Lol.
- buzzerbetrayed 3y agoSo many claims in here with nothing to back it up. May as well be a Boeing fanfic.
- albert180 3y agoYes, this will never happen. Look at all the disputes between USA and Europe at the WTO because of Airbus/Boeing over lesser things
- albert180 3y agoThis will never happen as this would be a slamdunk case for Airbus/European Countries at the WTO against the US government
- madaxe_again 3y agoThe U.S. simply Does Not Comply with WTO judgments against them, just like how they don’t follow UNCLOS, or the ICC. The U.S. makes international law - it does not follow it. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-12-12/supply-chain-latest-us-snub-of-wto-called-a-step-back-for-trade https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-12-12/supply...
- albert180 3y agoThey don't need to comply as other countries have then the right to implement punitive import dutys and they already did so with regards of Airbus/Boeing
- WanderPanda 3y agoFTC should consider splitting the commercial and military branches of Boeing. The military part is hopelessly entangled in lobbyism etc. but the commercial branch should be as removed from the gov as possible
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> government cannot allow it to fail, and if Boeing looks bad, the government looks bad This is a myth. GM and Chrysler are also strategically important firms. They were allowed to look bad. And while they were bailed out, it was done so through bankruptcy.
- rsynnott 3y agoYou realise that there are already Airbus-only US airlines? > If they outright said “we are thinking of airbus”, you get the government banning the purchase of airbus aircraft, as that would endanger Boeing Er... if anything, the US government banning Airbus aircraft would endanger Boeing more than the alternative; this would absolutely beg for retaliation, and not just from Europe (China, remember, has its own 737-class plane, now).