>>1971893The fact that Airbus has lost 4 times as many hulls as Dassault ever built could have something to do with it. If you roll the dice enough times with manufacturing, weather, random chance, and fly by night low cost carriers in third world shitholes eventually you're going to end up with hull losses and deaths. Things that the manufacturer cannot control, such as:
>Metrojet 9268, hull loss, 224 deaths, deadliest incident involving the typeCause: Bomb
>TAM 3054, hull loss, 199 deaths, second deadliest incident involving the typeCause: Pilot error, pilot landed with 1 thrust reverser on and 1 engine on climb power. Plane overshot the runway, hit a building and exploded
>AirAsia 8501, hull loss, 162 deathsCause: Pilot reset breaker in flight causing the autopilot to disconnect without the pilots noticing, once they noticed they stalled and crashed the plane trying to regain control
>AirBlue 202, hull loss, 152 deathsCause: Pilot error/retardation
>Germanwings 9525, hull loss, 150 deathsCause: Pilot suicide. A pilot with a history of suicidal tendencies was left alone in the cockpit when his co-pilot got up to have a piss. The pilot locked the door, disabled the access pad, and flew the plane into a mountain.
>PIA 8303, hull loss, 98 deathsCause: Pilot tried to land ignoring the plane warning him that the gear was up, smacked the ground, damaged the engines, went around, and the damaged engines shut down and the plane crashed before another landing could be attempted. PIA was later banned from operating in American and European airspace due to concerns regarding its pilot training.
And many more. Hitting Airbus market share means these kinds of incidents become inevitable and unavoidable.
