Originally Posted by squishypimp

heres what im saying. like any business you dont start selling something that is just an idea on paper. airline business shouldnt be any different and i dont think it is. its proven nearly impossible for this A380 to be built in the time span that people were looking for it to be built. with the A380 and the background information, Airbus sold a design on paper far before they even knew it would work fully. they also sold a delivery date and was unattainable. why did they do this? simple because no one would have ordered had they said, it would be ready int 2010.

overall just a bad business decision by Airbus