So, having seen the order-book reports from Dubai and other things the past several years, and seen the trends in fighter orders, I've been doing some musing...
What happens when one of the prime aircraft suppliers to the Free World collapses?
Taking one theoretical case: say, Airbus's gain and Boeing's loss of market-share in the commercial sector, paired with losing fighter-contract competitions left and right with Super Hornet and Strike Eagle alike being knocked out in country after country by F-35, and the "Too Big To Fail" pulls an LTV. Would we see a GM-style nationalization, or a forced merger, or a Let It Fail, or would they sell off the planebuilding business units and strip down to focus on related technologies like Curtiss-Wright, or some other scenario?
The question for debate is, what are the next dominoes to fall in such a scenario? Let's try to keep this to the "WHIF Future", rather than attacking the scenario of discussion--I'm just setting the stage here.