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Trump royally fucked Boeing on Air Force One
| gibberish (?) | 09/18/24 |
| dead link clicker | 09/18/24 |
| cannon | 09/18/24 |
| gibberish (?) | 09/19/24 |
| jewish pager | 09/19/24 |
| hank_scorpio | 09/18/24 |
| Person Familiar With His Internet Thoughts | 09/18/24 |
| hank_scorpio | 09/18/24 |
| richard clock | 09/18/24 |
| Ass Sunstein | 09/19/24 |
| Get Thee To The Rapery | 09/18/24 |
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Date: September 18th, 2024 11:32 PM Author: gibberish (?) The Air Force awarded Boeing a $3.9 billion contract in 2018 for the two modified 747-8s to replace the existing Air Force One aircraft, based on the 747-200B model that has been flying since the 1990s.
The company consented to a fixed-price contract with the Air Force, meaning any changes made to the airplane are at Boeing’s cost, not the government’s. The program is already more than $2 billion over budget.
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun told investors in 2022 that company executives should never have agreed to Trump’s terms for the Air Force contract six years ago.
The program faced major problems when a subcontractor hired to furnish the cabin interior went bankrupt, and Boeing had to switch to a new supplier. The program also faced hurdles due to labor shortages and a lack of employees with the proper clearances to work on the sensitive program.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/30/trump-air-force-one-00171453 |
Date: September 18th, 2024 11:36 PM Author: dead link clicker Good. They’ve been fucking the fisc for decades (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5597597&forum_id=2#48107263) |
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Date: September 18th, 2024 11:39 PM Author: cannon Cr. Even better since they tried to get $1bn more and still would have had $2bn in overruns:
“As president, Trump took pride in personally getting involved in the negotiations for the replacement aircraft once he learned of the cost. In February 2017, he said the Air Force was “close to signing a $4.2 billion deal” and “we got that price down by over $1 billion.” |
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Date: September 19th, 2024 12:18 AM Author: gibberish (?) How the fuck do two aircraft cost that much? I know they are highly specialized but still. With overruns and original price tag that's $8 billion. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5597597&forum_id=2#48107412) |
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Date: September 19th, 2024 12:38 AM Author: jewish pager it's all fake (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5597597&forum_id=2#48107498) |
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Date: September 18th, 2024 11:36 PM Author: hank_scorpio ljl, sounds like Trump did an excellent job keeping Boeing from fucking us "oh yeah that'll be two billion" *goes two billion over while producing no final product* |
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Date: September 18th, 2024 11:42 PM Author: Person Familiar With His Internet Thoughts "At some point after Trump announced he was changing the colors in 2019, Boeing determined that the dark blue paint on the underside of the plane and its engines would likely contribute to excessive temperatures, a problem that Boeing would likely have to pay out-of-pocket to fix.
Specifically, the dark color would require modifications to cool some of its components, the three people familiar with the changes said. The people were granted anonymity to speak freely about the sensitive program.
The people said changing the color scheme this far in the process may require more engineering work, millions of dollars in cost overruns, and further delays."
lmao this sounds so fucking made up
uh, yeah, the uh, paint colors are going to overheat the plane, goy (the plane is 40,000 feet in the air and it's ice cold up there)
sorry DRUMPFT, guess we can't paint the plane the colors you asked for! |
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Date: September 18th, 2024 11:47 PM Author: hank_scorpio 2 billion over but she's blaming it on the paint tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5597597&forum_id=2#48107318) |
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Date: September 18th, 2024 11:50 PM Author: richard clock (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5597597&forum_id=2#48107328) |
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Date: September 19th, 2024 12:09 AM Author: Ass Sunstein One does not simply PAINT a plane blue (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5597597&forum_id=2#48107375) |
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Date: September 18th, 2024 11:58 PM Author: Get Thee To The Rapery “The program faced major problems when a subcontractor hired to furnish the cabin interior went bankrupt, and Boeing had to switch to a new supplier.”
Maybe Boeing should pick better subcontractors. 🤷♀️ |