Glad to see that yet another huge sale of aircraft DID NOT GO TO UNSAFE
BUMBARDIER!!
It will happen soon, but there will be a deadly crash of another
Bumbardier
aircraft, this time with massive loss of lives.
On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:06:23 +0100, Earl Evleth <evleth@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Gna****ng of the teeth in Florida is heard all the way here in
>Europe!
>In fact, the planes will be made in the USA, and many
>American contractors (mainly Northrupt) will benefit.
>Kansas will lose jobs, but Georgia will gain them.
>Boeing was fined 600 million dollars for their crooked
>attempt to get the contract and "that sent a Boeing executive
>and air force procurement official to prison".
>EADS snatches £20bn tanker contract from Boeing
>
> Dominic Rushe in New York for The Sunday Times
>
> The US Air Force has handed European defence company EADS a $40bn
(£20.1bn)
>contract for aerial refuelling tankers in a stunning defeat for Boeing.
The
>decision has already sparked a political backlash against putting a
critical
>military contract partly into the hands of a foreign company.
>
> The contract, one of the largest at the Pentagon, is initially valued at
>$40bn (£20.1bn) but has the potential to grow to $100 billion. Boeing had
>built the bulk of the existing refuelling tanker fleet for decades, but
in
>2003 Congress cancelled the companyıs last tanker deal following a
>procurement scandal that sent a Boeing executive and air force
procurement
>official to prison.
>
> Louis Gallois, chief executive of EADS, said: ³This major selection is a
>win-win for our customers, for allied industrial cooperation and for
EADS.
>It signals a quantum-leap forward in our commitment to the US defence
>customer, reflects and sup****ts our global strategy to increase EADSıs
>industrial presence in key markets and our goal to balance the companyıs
>defence and commercial ****tfolios.²
>
> Under the contract, EADS and Northrop Grumann, its US partner, will
build a
>fleet of 179 planes, based on the existing Airbus 330, to provide in-air
>refuelling to military aircraft. Parts would come from suppliers across
the
>globe but final assembly of the craft would take place at an Airbus plant
>near Mobile, Alabama.
>
>
>Responding to questions at a news conference about possible negative
>political reaction to the deal, General Arthur Lichte, head of the air
>forceıs Air Mobility Command, said: ³This will be an American tanker,
flown
>by American airmen with an American flag on its tail and, every day, it
will
>be saving American lives.²
>
> Reaction from opponents in Congress, however, was swift.
>
> "We will be asking tough questions about the decision to outsource this
>contract," a group of politicians from Wa****ngton State said in a joint
>statement. Boeing planes are assembled outside of Seattle, Wa****ngton.
>
> "At a time when our economy is hurting, this is a blow not only to our
>state, but more than 40 states across the country who would help build
this
>national plane."
>
> ³Obviously we are very disappointed,² Boeing said in a statement. ³Once
we
>have reviewed the details behind the award, we will make a decision
>concerning our possible options.²
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