Over at the Corner, Mark Steyn has a great post on the boondoggle that is the Airbus A380. The hook is this headline from Pakistan’s Daily Times: “PIA To Buy Airbuses To Appease EU, UK” Says Steyn,
So it’s grand news for Euro-investors that at least Pakistan’s national carrier has been successfully strongarmed into buying the White Euro-elephant of the skies, after pressure to deny landing rights to the existing PIA fleet on “safety grounds”. Now twice as many jihadists will be able to fly from Waziristan to Heathrow in one go! (The Airbus can carry 800 passengers, or a thousand if your child bride goes in the hold.)
The A380 is indeed a poignant symbol of the European Union: far too big and never actually taking flight. However, it may well prove useful for large-scale population evacuations circa 2015.
