Looks like Airbus and EADS got the contract. This is going to produce a lot of jobs in the south, Alabama. I thought Boeing would have walked away with it but had the feeling Airbus would get it. That should stimulate the economy in the next few years.

 

Too bad its an Airbus.

 

I am originally from Mobile & they have a [U]lot[U] of infrastructure to put into place in order to support the needed workforce. I own an aviation related repair business not to far from there & hopefully it will provide me with an employee pool when people get tired of working for the French....

 

Well, the only french thing about this thing is the airframe. But I hope all the Americans in the great south have a benefit from this deal in the long run. But being a Boom operator I'm kinda sad that Boeing didn't get the contract. But anyway let me know how you southerners do from this 30 billion dollar deal.

 

those things have a flight engineer or not?

 

I don't think they will. Unless they see a need for it.

 

Not a Boeing tanker.
diesel_burner, are you still called "Clancy?" That is the name hung on the boom operators on the KC135 when I was in SAC in the AF