Airbus is a bus with wings

[ICantSpellDawg]

Boeing was started in 1916, Airbus in 1970. I'd hope that, since the dawn of flight the company that has been around since the beggining would have more crashes than the newbie.

Does anyone know about carbon fiber airframes? Do they change their chemical structure when hit by lightning? I'm concerned because all of the new airframes seem to be pursuing this material due to its lowered fuel consumption/lower cost. Is the trade off worth it? It seems that even the dream liner is planning to use carbon rather than titanium.

I was talking to some people and they had suggested that lightning makes carbon frames more brittle and allows them to shatter without warning. Some believe that this had more to do with the Air France/Brazil flight's mid air evaporation than the computer failure did.

I wouldn't be suprised if it comes out that Airbus is getting kickbacks from sea monsters. They won't be satisfied until they've killed us all.