It would be insane to trust HBC with the upcoming LAS contract. The company is about to go bankrupt and the AT-6 is an unproven prototype.
To: DefenseMatters
Damn, that’s very bad news. I have a very good friend that started to work there, about a year ago. Changing careers again, in your 50’s is no fun.
2 posted on
11/02/2011 2:15:28 PM PDT by
Capt_Hank
(btu's...kcal's...to kJ's, but my activation energy is still high.)
To: DefenseMatters
Too bad that the FAA has made owning and maintaining an aircraft insanely expensive.
6 posted on
11/02/2011 2:56:11 PM PDT by
Blood of Tyrants
(Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
To: DefenseMatters
Half of Hawker Beech is owned by a Canadian company.
The other half is owned by Goldman Sachs.
Sounds like time for another government bailout....
7 posted on
11/02/2011 3:36:16 PM PDT by
paddles
("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
To: DefenseMatters
Out of the blue of the Western sky comes Sky ... backorder"
8 posted on
11/02/2011 4:36:16 PM PDT by
NonValueAdded
(So much stress was put on Bush's Fault that it finally let go, magnitude 6)
To: DefenseMatters
12 posted on
11/03/2011 8:31:09 AM PDT by
DefenseMatters
(Hawker Beechcraft is moving jobs to Mexico as fast as they can -- and quality isn't the issue)
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