As far as I know the Dreamliner wasn’t in the bid. The link I gave you was the full text. So you can’t say it was just the local paper spinning it.
How does Boeing line politicians pockets in a way that NG or EADS doesn’t? Legal contribuitons are just that, legal.
The week after the copntract was awarded Airbus flew the complete airplane to a hangar to begin the modification. They even put an American flag in the window so you knew how true blue it was. But if it was ready one week after the announcement how much input could NG have had in it. I would guess close to zero. Those are the high paid engineering jobs.
Nope that job was done in Europe. Guess what if they sell any to other countries 0.0% of that work will be US too. They already set up a company called Euro tanker for those sales.
The first few planes are supposed to come from Europe. That’s understood. The rest are to be made here.
I realize that the Dreamliner wasn’t in the bid. However, it does relate to my point about Boeing trying to wrap the American flag around their planes. They’re trying to act like some big loyal American company that interested in keeping American jobs. Meanwhile, they show their hypocrisy by the Dreamliner being over 70% FOREIGN.
Boeing likes globalization when it suits them. Other than that, they’re against it.
BTW, if there’s another bid process and Northrop Grumman - EADS pulls out as I’ve heard they may do, does that mean that Boeing will then be able to continue to rip off the Air Force and the American taxpayer. They don’t want any competition and that’s exactly what they’re about to have.
Additionally, European companies will know that they were screwed by this political process. They won’t be coming back. They’ll remember it too when they’re considering American goods.
Again, Boeing thinks this is an entitlement program. They think that they’re the only ones that should have the right to build large planes in the USA. Well, I am afraid they’re about to get their wish. The Air Force and the American taxpayer are about to be screwed.