Plane Parts found to be substandard

The Washington Tmes via Airport Business.com ^ | March 3, 2008 | Tom Ramstack

[MamaDearest]

Outsourcing by aircraft manufacturers has resulted in substandard parts being built into commercial airplanes that carry thousands of passengers daily, according to a government report.

Major manufacturers such as Boeing Co., General Electric Aircraft Engines and Bombardier/Learjet often cut costs by allowing foreign suppliers to make airplane components, but do not adequately supervise the quality of their subcontractors' work, said the report this week from the U.S. Department of Transportation's inspector general.

[null and void]

And these are the ‘legit’ parts.

Chinese copies? Well, that’s a whole ‘nother stoly...

[Oatka]

Ah, the “benefits” of Global Trade.

[Last Dakotan]

The problem is Asian merchantilism. You aren’t going to sell any A/C into Asia without buying their parts.

[Will88]

Don’t worry, this increases international trade and interdependence among all nations, fostering greater peace and understanding.

[Petronski]

Plus, we have the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, which ended all war as we know it.

So we got that goin' for us . . . . which is nice.

[MamaDearest]

Ah, the “benefits” of Global Trade.

If terrorists don't get us before we reach our destination, the plane itself might do us in.

Not so many years ago flying was fun, an experience I looked forward to. Today, not so much!

[MamaDearest]

this increases international trade and interdependence among all nations, fostering greater peace and understanding.

Don't forget corporate profits - CEOs and stockholders have billfolds, mansions and exotic vacation homes to support.

[Perdogg]

That’s okay, Hilabama will take those profits in the name of the common good. Do you support this?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

If the aircraft companies put up a united front and said no, those nations would have caved. But they didn’t owing to corporate bigwigs mortgaging their company’s future in these shotgun wedding joint venture deals.

[metmom]

Outsourcing results in substandard parts?

Imagine that.

Who woulda thought?

[VOA]

bump

[Secret Agent Man]

I’m sure all the people that will be plummeting to the ground will appreciate that fact.

[org.whodat]

Major manufacturers such as Boeing Co.,

Now what was the name of that silly poster last week that tried to tell me all boeing parts were made in the good old US. LOL

[PAR35]

The Boeing crowd from the tanker threads do seem to be strangely quiet, don’t they?

[GOP_1900AD]

Made in Communist Red China.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Thank your local neighborhood nutty globalist for all this.

We need to get back to insourcing

[Sarajevo]

Those companies dropped the ball on their quality control process. Why do I think we’re heading back to the late 70’s?