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En-Route
This popped up on my morning browse, and it was a long and interesting read about commercial aircraft manufacturing. I thought some others might enjoy it as well.
A Cycle of Misery: The Business of Building Commercial Aircraft
"There are no historic precedents or current parallels for the magnitude of financial exposure risked by an American airframe company" – George Ball, managing director at Lehman Brothers, 1982 "You can't win, you can't break even, and you can't quit" – Jean Pierson, former CEO of Airbus
www.construction-physics.com