Written by In Mobile Alabama they are canceling a planned ground-breaking ceremony for the Air Force Tanker finishing center. I am of course glad to hear this, as I am one of the many, many Washingtonians that is confident that our local product was the better one in the Air Force Tanker competition. Still, I can’t help but feel a little sad for the good people of Alabama, who are being whip-sawn in this race just as much as we are here in the Seattle area.
As a Renton councilmember, I can’t help but be uplifted by the latest developments. Even though Boeing moved it’s corporate headquarters to Chicago, the airplane maker’s commercial headquarters home remains right here in our beloved town of Renton. And the tanker airplane is very much a derivative of a commercial product, whether it is on a Boeing 767 platform or an Airbus 330 platform.
So we should celebrate this latest win for our home team, while remembering that there are good people, just like us, in Mobile that are dissappointed.
There are also many Europeans that are dissappointed, and they are also some very nice people; but I still question whether they should ever get the lions share of a 35-billion-dollar US defense contract when our US economy is faltering and good American-made options are available.
Click here for an interesting CNBC blog entry on this topic.
McCain’s Boeing Battle Boomerangs
McCain’s Boeing Battle Boomerangs…interesting read!
http://www.newsweek.com/id/142658
Re: McCain’s Boeing Battle Boomerangs
That’s was a fair article. It’s a sad situation all around and makes me think quite a bit less of McCain. Either he was incompetent or bought – neither is good. In his defense, I’ve been swindled by people who had other agendas – it’s hard to pick out people who are good at being jerks until it’s too late.