"a single shot, the planes stopped flying," recalls Charles Champion, 65, the president of the engineering school Isae-Supaéro, an ace of the profession who has spent nearly forty years at Airbus. In Toulouse, the French kingdom of the aerospace, contemplate a sky once again become the playground of exclusive birds there is nothing soothing or bucolic. Because the consequences are known and quickly apparent : the aircraft manufacturer Airbus has reduced its production to a third party as early as April, its sub-contractors have been immediately caught in the net, and deletions, among other things...

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