[Doug Clark]

My first job out of Uni was at BAE Kingston. I was assigned to the A321 wing project as part of the flap mechanism team.
I was very fortunate to have for a section lead the (English chap) who I believe lead the design team for the double deck park of the 747.
about a decade later I got my first opportunity to fly on "my" plane (between Monteal & Toronto) and it was a great pleasure, and I great deal of trouble keeping my mouth shut about this being "my" plane.

My points are:

1. Knowing some of the guys who Design and Engineer for for Airbus, all of them that I worked with were great professionals from which I learned an enormous amount, and I'll never have a problem with getting on any of their aircraft.

2. The global mobility of the Design & Engineering workforce across all industries and the subcontracting of manufacturing means now that its increasingly difficult to say who actually made what and where anymore.