Originally Posted by
DoubleTrouble
The MEC negotiating committee could deal with the opening position. It was when the MEC didn't let the committee do its job that things fell apart. The end result could have achieved sooner, with all 15 jets delivered, had the committee been free to operate on its own. Everyone learned a lesson.
I wasn't here then, but I hope your memory of this is wrong. There is no way the negotiating committee should ever be given carte blanch. Ever. Their job is to pursue the direction of the MEC, not go rogue like the C2012 negotiating committee.
If this was the "lesson" everyone learned from C2K, that sure explains the bad actions by the NC in C2012.
Carl