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SaintLouisduHaHa t1_iqtc3im wrote

Reply to comment by jimtoberfest in [OC] Supersonic Inefficiency: Why the Concorde Was Decommissioned by haboo213

They didn't just not pay the development costs, BA bought the program from the UK government for pennies on the dollar (pound, I guess).

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jimtoberfest t1_iqtfevi wrote

Doesn’t change the fact the plane was profitable. If some company goes bust and I buy their assets at a discount and make a working business model- it’s still profitable.

In this case how realistic was it to think a commercial plane designed and built like a multi national fighter was going to come in on cost and on budget? Has that ever happened in a large scale govt aviation project?

The point was the graph concludes it’s not profitable because of fuel consumption which is not true.

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SaintLouisduHaHa t1_iqth0uj wrote

Fair, the operations were profitable regardless of how it came to be that way, but that doesn't say much looking forward. If any of the companies claiming to be working on a new SST actually produce and sell one in meaningful quantities, I will eat my hat (right after I buy one).

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