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Sponsored by Airbus?

At the least, this website would be more useful if it allowed multiple makes/models to be used in the exclusion-list.

There is a very strong reason why Airbus does not publicize mishaps of their competitors. Once airline manufacturers start slinging mud at each other it will damage the carefully built trust that they have gained over the years. Neither Airbus nor Boeing want this. Airbus has had it's fair share of mishaps as well, which Boeing has not publicized either.

This is post is not sponsored nor endorsed by Airbus or any other plane manufacturer for that reason. Note that airbus has not done so when the 737 max had 2 accidents that were due to lax regulatory oversight.

This post IS sponsored by a travel company that tries to market their service to a wary public that doesn't want to fly on a potentially badly manufactured airframe.

There are some very significant current events providing context that perhaps you're unaware of?

I understand your concern but I think at the moment it's simply the case that more people are cautious of Boeing's planes than Airbus'. Reading some sort of financial sponsorship in that is probably a bit much.

you don't understand how PR works, although you've probably heard "make hay while the sun shines" which, if it's your job, commands your focus.

Airbus has a very strong legion of defenders, whether they are astroturfed or paid or just European/Gallic pride I don't know.

wikipedia Airbus pages do not contain criticism for long; Boeing pages air the planes' flaws.

I’ve worked for Boeing during these last few years and love aviation history and Boeing’s role in it:

Before you suggest that the reason for the disparity is fanaticism, you ought to consider that this may be because in the last decade or so Airbus planes have generated less criticism… because there’s significantly less to criticize.

The A380 had nothing to criticize?

Why would you assume I meant that no Airbus model had anything to criticize. Give me a break.

Ironically I've always felt the opposite, every time some bad news about the max comes out I see a bunch of boeing defenders which was always odd to me given those in my network who work(+ed) there are often the most critical of boeing

we can always find Apple iOS or Android critics and defenders. But the Apple fanboy is more of a true believer. That's what I'm talking about re Airbus v Boeing

Because there is no other plane in the market other than Airbus 320 that is in the same class as 737. The only other manufacturer is Embraer with their 175 which is a much smaller aircraft.

Nowhere on the page does it say it's sponsored by Airbus.

you should have put a question mark at the end like GP did.

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