Sure, I know. It was brilliant. It was in the way, when I made the concept for it—and this was, by the way, in the article from Philip Mathias, and I don't know from whom he got it, I think from Boeing—Mr. Strauss said to me, “Karlheinz, either you are an idiot or a genius, but don't worry, this is always very close together.” I was not the idiot; I made it. And the European aircraft industry survived.
On December 11th, 2007. See this statement in context.