Think I'll pitch in on this fight and perhaps get it back on track:
The F117 is a great plane, but expensive to maintain...since they were basically custom made.
The Airbus is an efficient plane to fly (if you want to call it flying) - but not a JOY to fly like a Boeing (I have time in both). You PROGRAM the Airbus (319/320) - you don't really FLY it; the fly-by-wire is like control-wheel steering (not like the F16, which flies like a real plane), and lands like a computer/remote control airplane. Boeing actually builds planes with efficiency AND feel.
If you have no fighter time...please don't try to sell your Eurofighter to me. Kinda like me trying to school you on what flavor of cheese is best. Could go on about beating you in 4vX, BFM, ACM, SEAD, CAS, etc...but you don't have a Eurofighter, nor do you fly it....nor I guess would you know anything about the above mentioned acronyms. Best not to bring up topics of which you aren't trained.
Thoughts from the peanut gallery?