Always had a soft spot for the JAS39, when it appeared it was one of the most modern if not the most modern fighter worldwide.
No doubt that the NSA affair backfired here for Boeing. That US comments reveal that probably not one terror attack has been prevented by the megalomaniac NSA practices, does not help to make things better. Nor are comments by American envoys that data collecting is no data collecting and surveillance no surveillance really helpful.
What is Brazil to buy next in Sweden? Submarines?
South America is the second barrier protecting Boeing's foreign markets that collapses in short time. Some months ago, Japanese airlines cancelled a huge order for Boeing civilian airliners and opened the Japanese market for Airbus instead, rewarding it a record order.