The lost Boeing contract

TheMercenary · 03-10-2008, 06:26 PM

I am all for doing whatever we can to keep jobs in the US but not at the expense of quality. From what I have heard Boeing failed to meet any of the 5 benchmarks laid out in the bidding process. The AF is required by law not to consider anything but quality and mission, not the economics. The military has been required to abide by these standards for years. And now they want to change the rules and drop the contract from AirBus in favor of Boeing. I am not fond of anything made in France but if it is a better plane then we need to go with it. And it is not like we have not had or used quality product from Northrop Grumman.

Anyway, here is a NYT article that discusses some of the issue:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/bu...boeing.html?hp

03-10-2008, 06:26 PM	#1
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	The lost Boeing contract I am all for doing whatever we can to keep jobs in the US but not at the expense of quality. From what I have heard Boeing failed to meet any of the 5 benchmarks laid out in the bidding process. The AF is required by law not to consider anything but quality and mission, not the economics. The military has been required to abide by these standards for years. And now they want to change the rules and drop the contract from AirBus in favor of Boeing. I am not fond of anything made in France but if it is a better plane then we need to go with it. And it is not like we have not had or used quality product from Northrop Grumman. Anyway, here is a NYT article that discusses some of the issue: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/bu...boeing.html?hp __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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