Bollocks. You're either part of the global economy or you're not. Any company should be free to buy whatever product they want, local or not. If Boeing had made a competitively suitable product, they would have got the business. They didn't and they didn't. Fact of life. Get used to it. And please, don't anybody waste my time with the "unfair Airbus govt subsidies" argument. That's been shot down in flames so many times before. Grant SYD QF ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fletcher, Robert SPK" <Robert.Fletcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thursday, June 17, 2004 0:48 am Subject: Re: SFGate: Virgin to buy Airbus airplanes/Branson names carrier; executive lineup announced > The fact that this action by Richard Branson to buy Airbus instead > of Boeing > is totally wrong; whether it was Boeing or Lockheed or any other > Americancompany or not, the fact that Branson has hurt an AMERICAN > COMPANY. Our > people should BUY AMERICAN . It is just WRONG to go outside > your own > country and purchase someone's else's products, We have , I > think, the best > production companies in the world ! Oh yes, I realize the "out > the door" > price can sometimes dictate where you obtain your requirement, the > fact that > this has put fully productive people out of work and many will end > up on the > dole. That is one reason I bought my Ford as verses a foreign > car/truck. I > believe in American made products and the folks that work in our > factories!They are AMERICAN workers and deserve to be building for > the USA ! I am > not speaking for any unions, I was a union member years ago, This has > nothing to do with this as I see it. I hope this idiot feels > good for the > damage he has done ! Got it off my chest!!!!!!!!!! > > BOB FLETCHER > US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS > MILITARY DESIGN SECTION > 10th FLOOR S.W. > SACRAMENTO DISTRICT > 1325 J STREET, SACRAMENTO > CALIFORNIA, 95814-2922 > Phone (916) 557-7235