“Grounded” is one of those words with multiple meanings. If your teenager misbehaves, he may be “grounded.” If an airliner is judged to be dangerous, it may be “grounded.” Well, the European aerospace company Airbus deserves to be grounded, at least in the first sense.
It’s not that the company’s planes are necessarily dangerous. Perhaps they are, but that isn’t the point here. What we know for certain is that the company is guilty of misbehavior when it comes to defense contracting. It should be grounded — should not be eligible for any new defense contracts — for the foreseeable future, until it can prove it has changed its ways.
The background makes for fascinating reading.
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