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2007-02-26 Europe

Airbus may extend 35-hour work week: report

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-02-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So they are going to not build A380s for an extra 5 hours/week?

Posted by SteveS 2007-02-26 01:03|| 2007-02-26 01:03|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't see much chance of this flying (pun intended) in France. Look for strikes up the wazoo.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2007-02-26 08:39|| 2007-02-26 08:39|| Front Page Top

#3 And yet, UPS just inked a deal for some A380s? Who's in charge of that decision...should be fired pronto.

Posted by BA 2007-02-26 10:17|| 2007-02-26 10:17|| Front Page Top

#4 UPS did not ink a deal, they converted an order to a cancellable at any time by either party order.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-02-26 10:39|| 2007-02-26 10:39|| Front Page Top

#5 UPS is relooking the deal. This will cause strikes and be the deathbed for EADS. They will, of course, blame it on the unions.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2007-02-26 11:48|| 2007-02-26 11:48|| Front Page Top

#6 NS: I was just going on what my local paper's headline said on Saturday. Of course, it was actually a wire report by AP, so I guess I should've read the thing or at least had Morton's nearby.

Posted by BA 2007-02-26 13:29|| 2007-02-26 13:29|| Front Page Top

#7
dittos #4, UPS has all the leverage it needs in that contract, a free hand to nix any deal for the nonexistent A380 freight hauler.

Posted by RD 2007-02-26 13:30|| 2007-02-26 13:30|| Front Page Top

#8 And like posted yesterday, Airbus can (and will, IMHO) cnx the UPS A380F when it becomes obvious that the thing will fail. the PAX version is about 6 months behind in the failure stream, I think.
With the recent surge in 747-8 orders plus the UPS 'bridge' order of several ( 16?) 767-300F I think it is pretty safe to say that the A380 is DOA.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-02-26 18:14|| 2007-02-26 18:14|| Front Page Top

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