In a message dated 10/7/2003 8:23:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time, DENNMASS@xxxxxxx writes: << I believe it was Airliners that mentioned that Airbus needs as many people on the A 380 program as they can get and that there is where the Concorde support people are headed. By the way, I just read that Emirates is leasing 8 A 340-300 from Boeing (didn't they used to trade in non Boeings for 7x7's and scrap them afterwards?). >> Probably ex-SIA planes.