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...Streiff is hoping to address these issues head-on, not just because he is new both to Airbus and to the aerospace industry (he's a manufacturing expert from the French glass company Saint Gobain), but also because the company is facing its biggest crisis since its founding in 1970. The company has slashed its delivery schedule for the A380 from one plane in 2006 to zero, from nine planes in 2007 to one, and from 25 planes in 2008 to 13. That's a significant setback for the behemoth's main customers, including Emirates and Singapore Airlines, which...