California screwing itself again. Just got how many billions in ‘free covid money’, but can’t pay for the plane they ordered?
What did I miss in the article? I see no indication that California ordered this aircraft.
California and other states have contracts with the builder of the firefighting plane. Granted the terms are not in the article but presumably they put this on reserve for those times when needed. With a very dry summer coming, and likely a ‘severe drought’ to be declared in the state maybe the owners are angling to get a better deal by threatening to sell it. But surely we should both honor our deal, whatever it is, and make sure we have tools to put out wild fires.