At 22:54 26/03/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Robert Dorsett said:
>> There is a safety benefit to be realized from the gradual
>> evolution of technology. The Airbus approach is "revolution," for the
>> specific and declared purpose of increasing market share. I'm not
>> comfortable with this.
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>Seems to me that I remember arguments like this against the Concorde's
>introduction. Perhaps Boeing's insistance on creating, and later its
>dropping the Mach 3 aircraft project helped create the "not invented
>here" mentality. I'm sure if Boeing had led the way in technology,
>attitudes toward the A320 would be quite different.
>
>Matt Burke
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