[Fish Speaker]

With all of the news about their issues with commercial aircraft, I thought this was interesting ...

[Mr. Jeeves]

There is a good solution on the market, but no kickbacks are available.

[janetjanet998]

With all of the news about their issues with commercial aircraft, I thought this was interesting ...
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Another new issue lady night if you haven’t heard
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Engine fire on Atlas Air Boeing 747 departing from Miami Airport
https://rumble.com/v47yhox-engine-fire-on-atlas-air-boeing-747.html

[Yo-Yo]

Boeing won the contract for the KC-46 with a fixed price bid.

Boeing’s been bleeding red ink over this.

[PAR35]

Air Force should have gone with the winner of the tanker competition instead of rigging and re-rigging it to give the contract to Boeing.

[ducttape45]

This can all be blamed on John McCain. A contract was negotiated with AirBus (I think it was AirBus) to build the next generation tanker but McCain didn't like that so he forced the government to renegotiate the contract so that Boeing would make the plane,and be made by a US company.

While that in itself is noble, Boeing knew they couldn't produce a plane on the level of efficiency as AirBus had proposed and hence the planes that have been coming out are junk. I mean, inspectors have found discarded tools within the walls and floors of the planes. How sad is that?

The KC-46 therefore hasn't been cleared to refuel anything outside the continental United States, and is now considered a stop gap until a better refueler can be made.

You ask how I know all this? I worked for a refueling squadron and I know a lot of the inside scoop on the piece of junk the KC-46 is. Bottom line, our KC-135 aircrews would love for the next generation tanker to be based on the current refueler's airframe but with updated components. They trust it, so far it still works, and it out performs the KC-46 in every way.

[Sequoyah101]

Want to bet the camera crap is somebody's vision to make the whole process automated and do away with boom operators? So they are going to make the system more reliable by making it more complicated?

Like we have never fueled an A-10 or other slow mover successfully?

We have never had a fueling receptacle subject to water and ice?

Concentric tubes and their couplings and manifolds have always been something good to stay away from.

Never had an APU drain?

Kid stuff self-inflicted complexity. Boeing seems to have developed an inclination to modify beyond the base design's ability. Many of the 737 Max problems stem from an original airplane too low to the ground, stretched too long, making the tail subject to dragging resulting in high landing speeds. Modification taken beyond successful. The 737 design shares designs dating back to the 707, just look at the front end.