Boeing’s Fatal Mistake
10-30-2020, 01:12 PM
#51
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
In fairness, IIRC it was the USAF that wanted the gee-whiz remote boomer setup, not Boeing.
Course Boeing should have bid it for what it was worth.
Course Boeing should have bid it for what it was worth.
But, whatever... it's only money, right? :-(
10-30-2020, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Sluggo_63
Yeah, I get that. The blame really falls to the AF, but Boeing could have told them "this is a stupid, expensive idea that we don't think will ever work well."
But, whatever... it's only money, right? :-(
But, whatever... it's only money, right? :-(
10-30-2020, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
In fairness, IIRC it was the USAF that wanted the gee-whiz remote boomer setup, not Boeing.
Course Boeing should have bid it for what it was worth.
Course Boeing should have bid it for what it was worth.
10-31-2020, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog
Perhaps. But nowhere in the RFP was there a specification for discarded Big Mac boxes in the fuel tanks....
10-31-2020, 08:52 PM
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The Puget Sound Boeing workforce has become lazy and disincentivized to perform. Fits the motto nicely for clowns that run the state, county and city. Pack up the 767 tanker and move it to Kansas or anywhere but where it is....
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