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Blue_Tires

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4. AB is hedging its bets against any future Euro instability...

Reply to Sen. Walter Sobchak (Original post)

Mon Jul 2, 2012, 06:09 PM

Jul 2012

And the airline execs will give less than a shit about a French airframe made in Mobile...They will go with whichever aircraft makes the best financial sense for their airline...

I guess I'm ultimately happy for the jobs, but there is a sense of irony with the Mississippi-South Carolina corridor becoming the Indonesia/Malaysia/Vietnam of European industry....

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EADS to Build U.S. Assembly Line for Airbus A320 [View all] Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2012 OP

Alabama's cops will jump for joy DFW Jul 2012 #1

Before you start criticizing the the Republicans for being braindead yahoos... Rod Mollise Jul 2012 #7

And just who are you to know that every cop in Alabama is a Republican? DFW Jul 2012 #16

Success!! Teamster Jeff Jul 2012 #2

OK... Rod Mollise Jul 2012 #12

Good move by Airbus...they make beautiful, classy aircraft Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #3

AB is hedging its bets against any future Euro instability... Blue_Tires Jul 2012 #4

"Mississippi-South Carolina corridor becoming the Indonesia/Malaysia/Vietnam of European industry" Populist_Prole Jul 2012 #5

it's a right to work state also may3rd Jul 2012 #6

FWIW... ensemble Jul 2012 #10

They have to build them somewhere Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2012 #9

Still a tragedy about Douglas Blue_Tires Jul 2012 #14

My mother was a technical writer there in the "Good old Days" Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2012 #15

Very true about the currency hedging davidpdx Jul 2012 #13

It's a fair bet this was planned when the euro was much stronger against the dollar DFW Jul 2012 #17

This is good, right? permatex Jul 2012 #8

Sure it is good... Rod Mollise Jul 2012 #11