I wouldn't doubt that Airbus is providing the better deal. Let's face it, our subsidized sectors (yes I'm aware that airbus is heavily subsidized by their government) tend to do very poorly and do not take accountability. Just look at the US auto industry. You have tons of people with pensions you could only dream of and extremely high wages for work that is largely simple. We thrived only because we were one of the few countries with an auto industry to even provide vehicles. When a country like Japan started providing cheap, quality, fuel efficient vehicles the American Auto Industry as went downhill, while their unions continually fight for wages that are just not sustainable and rather ridiculous to say the least. Now we the taxpayers are paying for them to hold those wages. What could the United Auto Workers Union possibly say in defense, that Japan another 1st world country is underpaying their workers?

As I've said in one of my other posts this idea of entitlement in our country needs to go. I see far too many lazy, unmotivated, unintelligent people who expect to have just as much as someone else strictly because they were born.

On a more specific note related to the OP, their diversity stance does seem to be ridiculous. I don't understand how people get this idea that diversity spurs growth and ideas. Intelligent, hard-working people spur growth and ideas, which could be anyone from any race or background. Diversity for the sake of diversity is just stupid when it takes precedence over merit.