[Boeing Guy]

I really do hope that is good natured banter, not a personal dig.....
Right for the record, I fly the Boeing 737 300 Series to 900 Series.
The aircraft has been in production from the late 1960's and is the worlds most popular passenger Jet Aircraft not to mention the worlds safest.

The 787 uses British made landing gear and the Rolls Royce trent engine, which is a derivative of the world class RB211 (Made in Barnoldswick, hence the B).
Give it chance, it will be a world beater and game changer, Boeing are world beaters at this, shame it was not De havilland but there you go.

Personally I do not like the slowbus, it is not a Pilots Aircraft, just a systems operators.

Anyway I digress, this discussion was started regarding once Nationised industy, whist I do not wish to see a return to those days, it is sad that the 'powers that be' allowed foeign investors to take the silverware. Just as Gordon brown sold off the Gold.