Donald I, emperor of the world.

[C R]

There goes Donald, helping Airbus again.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/vid...d=4cb56bdad1e5496ab6fca59689921254&ocid=hpmsn

I think they call it FAFO. However, I imagine that the Chinese will be developing their local alternatives, so Airbus better keep their wits about them, no market will be theirs by default.

 

[Dorset Boy]

Well Boeings do have a habit of crashing a lot more frequently than airbusses, or so it feels.

But another example of Donald creating a good outcome for US jobs...................
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Well maybe not.

 

[cookiemonster]

I think they call it FAFO. However, I imagine that the Chinese will be developing their local alternatives, so Airbus better keep their wits about them, no market will be theirs by default.

Thay already have. Several Chinese airlines have them.

http://english.comac.cc/

 

[First Aspect]

Well Boeings do have a habit of crashing a lot more frequently than airbusses, or so it feels.

But another example of Donald creating a good outcome for US jobs...................
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Well maybe not.

Actually I don't think there's a statistical difference outside of the criminal behaviour related 737 Max software issue.

Most of the rest of the bad press is QC related things that have been picked up during assembly.

Then there was the door plug, which wasn't a crash so much as an idiot somewhere who just did the wrong thing. The issue there are the checks to check the checks have been done away with to save money.

 

[First Aspect]

Thay already have. Several Chinese airlines have them.

http://english.comac.cc/

Correct, and they will be good aircraft.

They will take a decade to penetrate the market though, because airlines will be reluctant to take on costs of retraining pilots and maintenance staff.

Comac is also just an airframe and control systems company, and still reliant on the likes of RR, P&W and GE for the engines. Jet engines, and their reliability, are much harder to get competitive on so will take even longer.

 

[cookiemonster]

Correct, and they will be good aircraft.

They will take a decade to penetrate the market though, because airlines will be reluctant to take on costs of retraining pilots and maintenance staff.

Comac is also just an airframe and control systems company, and still reliant on the likes of RR, P&W and GE for the engines. Jet engines, and their reliability, are much harder to get competitive on so will take even longer.

They're also developing a long range version which may be a competitor to the a350/787.

 

[briantrumpet]

People like their ‘Dairy Milk’ I suppose. Unfortunately while trekking in the Swiss Alps I bought the cheapest own brand super market chocolate I could find, and lost my innocence as far as chocolate is concerned.

Let's just say visits to the Cailler factory (8.50€ for a good tour and all-you-can-eat-posh-proper-chocolates) in France and Cadbury's World (£11, for a small Curly Wurly and a small bar of Cadbury's Dairy Milk) pushed me over the edge into hating most UK mass-produced 'chocolate'.
To be fair, the J.D.Gross 85% dark chocolate in Lidl is pretty good, especially for the money, but then it's not UK chocolate.

 

[Dorset Boy]

Interesting stats:
Smartphones were the top U.S. import from China in 2024, totaling $41.7 billion, while Chinese-built laptops were second, at $33.1 billion, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

 

[Ian H]

Let's just say visits to the Cailler factory (8.50€ for a good tour and all-you-can-eat-posh-proper-chocolates) in France and Cadbury's World (£11, for a small Curly Wurly and a small bar of Cadbury's Dairy Milk) pushed me over the edge into hating most UK mass-produced 'chocolate'.
To be fair, the J.D.Gross 85% dark chocolate in Lidl is pretty good, especially for the money, but then it's not UK chocolate.

Cadburys and similar are still far better than the stuff that's sold in hot countries, because whatever they put in it to stop it melting has an adverse effect on the taste. When I visited an old friend in Sri Lanka I had to take yer proper Cadburys, which I refrigerated for several days then wrapped it in multiple layers of insulation. It survived the journey and she put it straight in the fridge.

And following on from that, why the 'd' in fridge? https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/fridge-vs-frig-spelling-short-for-refrigerator

 

[Pross]

Is it dress like your boss day at work?

Don't know - we'd have to see what Putin was wearing.

 

[Pross]

That didn't take him long. It's obviously unconstitutional (as it's spending mandated by Congress), but the Constitution seems to be so yesterday, as Congress is letting him do it. As someone posted on Bluesky yesterday, it would take just four Republicans in each of the HoR and Senate to stop all the shït dead in its tracks.

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You would think Harvard has enough powerful alumni in US politics to deal with this.

 

[AndyRM]

 

[Pross]

Remember the days when Sarah Palin was considered a dangerous idiot in US politics?

 

[C R]

Remember the days when Sarah Palin was considered a dangerous idiot in US politics?

I remember the days when it was thought it couldn't get any worse than Reagan, and then we had W, and we thought we surely had hit rock bottom. Sadly the US body politic insist on digging deeper.

 

[icowden]

Cadburys and similar are still far better than the stuff that's sold in hot countries, because whatever they put in it to stop it melting has an adverse effect on the taste.

And smell. It's not an additive, it's a process change which extends the shelf life:

Some American chocolate manufacturers use a process called controlled lipolysis, which intentionally breaks down milk fat to produce butyric acid. This helps extend the chocolate's shelf life.

Butyric acid is what gives it that eau de vomit.