The Military Tanker Battle between Airbus and Boeing has been going on for some time now and nothing is happening; people talk and talk and talk and nothing is happening.
At first of course Boeing was found guilty of ethics violations and fired two of its top employees, (who went to jail), and then the next round Airbus won amid concerns the air Force did not tell Boeing it wanted a larger tanker. Now it is up for bid yet again. This all started approximately 2002 and there is no end in sight. The problem is the current re-fueling tankers the Air Force is running were built in the 1950’s and the other thing is the USA needs the jobs NOW, as in yesterday.
At first I thought, you know what? These are American jobs and should be kept in America, are defensive technology shouldn’t be spread around. Now I have changed my mind, I think the order should be split in half.
By doing the King Solomon division, many problems with this messy affair would be solved. For one, no matter who wins at this point the other conglomerate will whine and scream for years, and the problem is they will most likely be right.
Secondly, this thing needs to be expedited so the Air Force can get their planes and so jobs can be created immediately. Also, by splitting it I think the maximum amount of US jobs would be created, the Air Bus plane will be assembled in Alabama. Although I have not much sympathy at all for our confederate flag waving friends and their right-to-work states, (slave state) mentality it is what is best for the country as a whole. The 767 line could be re-energized and the Boeing Everett facility could be fully utilized with four wide body lines going at once.
At first of course Boeing was found guilty of ethics violations and fired two of its top employees, (who went to jail), and then the next round Airbus won amid concerns the air Force did not tell Boeing it wanted a larger tanker. Now it is up for bid yet again. This all started approximately 2002 and there is no end in sight. The problem is the current re-fueling tankers the Air Force is running were built in the 1950’s and the other thing is the USA needs the jobs NOW, as in yesterday.
At first I thought, you know what? These are American jobs and should be kept in America, are defensive technology shouldn’t be spread around. Now I have changed my mind, I think the order should be split in half.
By doing the King Solomon division, many problems with this messy affair would be solved. For one, no matter who wins at this point the other conglomerate will whine and scream for years, and the problem is they will most likely be right.
Secondly, this thing needs to be expedited so the Air Force can get their planes and so jobs can be created immediately. Also, by splitting it I think the maximum amount of US jobs would be created, the Air Bus plane will be assembled in Alabama. Although I have not much sympathy at all for our confederate flag waving friends and their right-to-work states, (slave state) mentality it is what is best for the country as a whole. The 767 line could be re-energized and the Boeing Everett facility could be fully utilized with four wide body lines going at once.
Since Boeing off loaded everything they thought they could feasibly get away with on the 787 (turned out far more than they could get away with), they can’t complain about giving away US jobs ever again (incredibly stupid and shortsighted on their part). If the 787 flies this month (HA!) the Everett facility will be buzzing busy and the 747-8 is still being launched. I don’t think trying to come up with a new 777 tanker makes sense right now.
Also I would really like Air Bus to have the pain and discomfort of trying to deal with the US military establishment. It would just hurt them in trying to fix the A380 and launch the A350 new plane at the same time. Dealing with the Air Force and trying to train the southern boys to be somewhat useful would keep them in a whirl for sure. It would provide endless hours of viewing enjoyment, also they have claimed Air Bus would build freighters at the same US facility.
So I say split the order and let’s all move on and get back to work!
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