Bad day for Boeing

[CitationLover]

Just what we need. Foreign built tankers for our military. What's next, foreign pilots to fly them?

Nope, Blackwater wh0res to fly them.

 

[ExAF]

This Sucks

Even though I fly an Airbus right now (my company's choice, not mine), I drive Fords and have never owned a foreign made car. It sucks that our armed forces/government will purchase tankers from a Foreign company and then say "buy American" out of the other side of their face. Lets contribute some more to our growing trade deficit. Yea, I know some of the parts will be made in America and assembly will be in AL, but it is still a foreign company with its HQ in France. Of all countries...why France? It's not like they've done anything but disagree with or hamper every initiative/policy the US has had since WWII. It is truly a sad day for Boeing and the good old US of A.

P.S. I don't shop at WalMart either.

 

[Falconjet]

I drive a Chrysler built by UAW workers. How 'bout you?

Mexican or Canadian?

FJ

 

[FlickerFade]

Protectionism is not a solution. FedEx is a great example of the fact that this is a global economy.

Boeing is no saint. There is a long line of US military contractors who have ripped off the US tax payer. I hope that we strike the best deal possible. Seems to me that Boeing came to the plate with an old aircraft that lacked the capabilities of its competitor.

Given a similar product (or even slightly better foreign product). I say go USA. But blindly buying US products can encourage laziness (read the US auto industry from the '70's to the late '80's). And Boeing's fraudulent behavior when initially trying to sell the 767 tanker is evidence that they aren't a completely magnanimous pro-US company.

 

[jke406]

Air Force Buys French Tanker

http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblog..._KC30_F35s.jpg

Finally...a credible news source, as apposed to PCL128's leftist drivel.

 

[PCL_128]

Finally...a credible news source, as apposed to PCL128's leftist drivel.

"Buy American" is leftist drivel?

 

[Benhuntn]

It really sucks when you have to use your military equipment to go bomb the country that made your military equipment.

 

[learherkjay]

It was chosen because KC-30 sounds cooler than KC-767! Actually, this is all about the military-industrial complex. Throwing a bone to Northrop to keep them afloat. Boeing can survive a blow like this but Northrop couldn't. All part of the government welfare program to corporations. But, if Boeing really wanted to win, why an old airframe like the 767? I think they thought they were just going to keep the production line going and slap a boom on the back - complacent bid in my opinion. Ain't the lowest bidder award program great!

 

[KCPilot]

Lowest bidder. You get what you pay for! POS Plane.

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Adam Sandler - POS Car- If you don't like bad lyrics, don't listen to this- [/FONT]

http://www.noticias.info/vid_w/video_play_ES.asp?Id=UaszuzM36BY

I say we fly the KC-135 for another 50 years before we fly the KC-45.

 

[bahumba]

The POS in this story is the KC767 that Boeing has sold to the Japanese and Italians. They are at least two years late with lots and lots of problems. Boeing deserves to lose this one. Should convince them to clean out the gene pool. In the end Boeing should come out ahead if they look to future improvements and discard the 767 based platform. FWIW

 

[PCL_128]

Actually, this is all about the military-industrial complex. Throwing a bone to Northrop to keep them afloat.

Then Northrop needs to build airplanes instead of "modifying" French ones.

 

[learherkjay]

That would be nice, but they were already competing with Boeing that had a developed platform and had orders for it's tankers with Japan and Italy. So, they went and looked for the only other company in the world that makes big airplanes. Costs to develop an entirely new airframe would not have made them competitive. Hence my point. The best book about this is "Skunkworks." Lockheed's former #2 explains how the bureaucracy of the government has hampered company's abilities to make a good product, at a good price, and on time. The military-industrial complex has created only one or two mega-defense companies left and they live or die on big contracts like this one.

 

[turbodriver]

John McCain must be tickled pink! He's the one who squelched the previous tanker contract which Boeing won. Probably waiting for the check to arrive from France!

But you're still going to vote for him regardless.....

 

[Jmoney]

Euroweenies!

F-France and their little buddies!!!!!! The Airbus is complete garbage! This whole deal sinks to high heaven! What adds to the stink is that we seem to be doing this in other areas as well....

The Eurocopter is built in GTR-and damn if we are not equipping our armed forces with those things as well. We are in bad shape when we give our economic enemies (France and friends) more firepower to destroy us with!

Just look at who goes and builds every stinking reactor for any freaking rouge nation out to destroy western civilization! They then express "outrage" when we or our buddies in Israel have to go and break what they they built for these clowns!

-ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE!!

 

[Kharma Police]

It really sucks when you have to use your military equipment to go bomb the country that made your military equipment.

Maybe if members of your service hadn't taken bribes from Boeing (and gotten caught) you would have already had an American tanker.