Airbus A400M getting counted for technical K.O.

Skybird · 03-03-09, 11:44 AM

Several news inputs:

http://www.google.de/search?as_q=a40...s=&safe=images

Britain reassesses wether abandoning the project now maybe would be the more clever option. germany threatens to cancel all orders end of March 2009.

the project obviously is in complete disarray, with the head of the miliutary Airbus branch just having been exchanged. The project is said to be 5 years behind schedule due to lacking synchronicity of airb us and it's subconstractors producing the engines.

IMO it is a good example of how even a good brew by it's promising start could be screwed by too many cooks hanging around in the kitchen.

It'S a shame that this transporter most likely will crash at the floor of its hangar. If it would have turned into a real thing, it would have represented a massive progress for aircraft of this kind.

It's becoming a habit that aircraft companies fumble the ball that they planned to play the safe way. Airbus with the A380, Boeing with the Dreamliner, now airbus again with the A400M. Bad und unrealistic time planning and mismanagement in the name of "efficiency" seem to have become a rule today. Since Boeing does not behave so crazy to scatter production across many nations, it is a bit surprising that they show the same symptoms like Airbus. But there seem to be more to it than just too many nations participating in production, obviously.

03-03-09, 11:44 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Airbus A400M getting counted for technical K.O. Several news inputs: http://www.google.de/search?as_q=a40...s=&safe=images Britain reassesses wether abandoning the project now maybe would be the more clever option. germany threatens to cancel all orders end of March 2009. the project obviously is in complete disarray, with the head of the miliutary Airbus branch just having been exchanged. The project is said to be 5 years behind schedule due to lacking synchronicity of airb us and it's subconstractors producing the engines. IMO it is a good example of how even a good brew by it's promising start could be screwed by too many cooks hanging around in the kitchen. It'S a shame that this transporter most likely will crash at the floor of its hangar. If it would have turned into a real thing, it would have represented a massive progress for aircraft of this kind. It's becoming a habit that aircraft companies fumble the ball that they planned to play the safe way. Airbus with the A380, Boeing with the Dreamliner, now airbus again with the A400M. Bad und unrealistic time planning and mismanagement in the name of "efficiency" seem to have become a rule today. Since Boeing does not behave so crazy to scatter production across many nations, it is a bit surprising that they show the same symptoms like Airbus. But there seem to be more to it than just too many nations participating in production, obviously. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.