I’m no expert on the field of AF tanker contracts, etc. but wouldn’t it be possible to analyze the existing data with the necessary objectivity and reach a reasonable conclusion? Or am I just being naive?
I think the problem is that Boeing was told there was things they either couldn’t do, or were too late TO do, so they didn’t, and that direction was wrong, and if Boeing had DONE those things or submitted those things it might have changed the results.
But if I’m remembering correctly, it still would require Boeing to go back and do those things or submit that information, and to do so without allowing EADS to also update their proposal wouldn’t be right.
I always worry when the legislature tries to dictate the results of a competitive bid. I can’t see politicians as being more objective than the career military people assigned to contract evaluation.