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champpitbull2 · 03-07-2008, 08:06 PM

The problem with the decision for me is the Air Force went for an airplane who's advantages stem from the fact that it is bigger. Boeing said from the begining that if the Air Force wanted a bigger plane they would offer the 777. Instead they offered the 767. I want to know why? Did the decision stem from Boeing being too cocky or because the Air Force gave the immpression that size wasn't the overriding issue? Personnaly I'm pissed at the US government and Boeing. Boeing should have offered the 777 along with the 767 for this competition. Instead they approached as if they had the competition wrapped up before it ever started. There are other factors that this competition didn't factor. What if the US and France have a fallout somwhere in the future, is there a guarentee that we'll be supplied with the neccessary parts? Trust me, making parts from scratch is not an easy venture. Should we reward a consortium that has been less then a friend to the US and is at the center of a trade dispute? In addition, the economy is not doing so hot right now. Should we really be shipping jobs to Europe and increasing our trade deficit?

03-07-2008, 08:06 PM	#22
champpitbull2 addicted Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 572	Re: Northrop Grumman - EADS wins USAF tanker contract The problem with the decision for me is the Air Force went for an airplane who's advantages stem from the fact that it is bigger. Boeing said from the begining that if the Air Force wanted a bigger plane they would offer the 777. Instead they offered the 767. I want to know why? Did the decision stem from Boeing being too cocky or because the Air Force gave the immpression that size wasn't the overriding issue? Personnaly I'm pissed at the US government and Boeing. Boeing should have offered the 777 along with the 767 for this competition. Instead they approached as if they had the competition wrapped up before it ever started. There are other factors that this competition didn't factor. What if the US and France have a fallout somwhere in the future, is there a guarentee that we'll be supplied with the neccessary parts? Trust me, making parts from scratch is not an easy venture. Should we reward a consortium that has been less then a friend to the US and is at the center of a trade dispute? In addition, the economy is not doing so hot right now. Should we really be shipping jobs to Europe and increasing our trade deficit?