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Originally Posted by Cornwallis
Boeing have not done anything original with their family since the triple 7.
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You mean the upcoming 787 doesn't count? All indications are that this aircraft will be clearly superior to the current A330 as well as Airbus' supposed 787-fighter, the upcoming A350 (which will only be available 3 years after the 787 despite being an inferior offering). When combined with the triumph of the 777 over the A340 in the marketplace (154 777s were sold in 2005, compared with 15 A340s), and the razor thin margin between the two companies' overall sales in 2005, we'll probably see Boeing will most likely return to #1 in sales and deliveries by 2008
Looks like Airbus will soon be in the same boat Boeing was several years ago.
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They are crudely made compared to the precision engineering of an airbus
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Airbus engineering is
so precise, that the A380 recently failed the FAA's wing loading requirements, and it's wake vortex is much larger than it's engineers predicted, necessitating an operational separation distance so large that it might negate the advantages of the aircraft's size.
I'm not say Airbus has crap engineering compared to Boeing, but if I were, I'd be as wrong as someone who said the opposite.
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Boeing=pontiac,Airbus=Ferrari.I have driven both families and it has got to be airbus everytime for me. 
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I'd be careful of using that analogy: Ferraris are lightning fast and agile, but they are absurdly overpriced, and have crap reliability, so much so that most Ferarri owners need to hire a salary mechanic to take care of them. Pontiac (GM) is hardly a shining exemplar of reliability, I'd still bet on the reliability of a Pontiac over a Ferarri any day.