Some future president is going to get one heck of an airplane to ferry him — or her — around. The Air Force has settled on the Boeing 747-8 as the next Air Force One. The decision was made by Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and the Pentagon's top buyer, Frank Kendall. The only other plane considered capable of the presidential mission is the Airbus 380, which is assembled in France. The decision isn't a procurement, but it authorizes a sole-source buy from Boeing. The Air Force will have a long list of modifications to the planes it will eventually buy. It wants to be able to handle the maintenance itself for the plane's planned 30-year lifecycle. The current pair of Air Force Ones are older 747s, delivered during the term of President George H.W. Bush.
People who do Boeing work at labinal are the first to go. They are rushing us now to get all the work we can get done NOW so they can hurry & ship the rest to Texas. After this current contract, I HIGHLY doubt Boeing will renew because of their relationship with safran / labinal. They only stayed this time because they knew our workmanship and that we could do same day delivery to Philadelphia Boeing. Apparently labinal in tx promised same day delivery if needed... Yeah right. I don't see labinal doing Boeing work after these contracts.
Yeah with all the vacations this fleet has been on they'll definitely need a new fleet for the next POTUS!
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ReplyDeletePeople who do Boeing work at labinal are the first to go. They are rushing us now to get all the work we can get done NOW so they can hurry & ship the rest to Texas. After this current contract, I HIGHLY doubt Boeing will renew because of their relationship with safran / labinal. They only stayed this time because they knew our workmanship and that we could do same day delivery to Philadelphia Boeing. Apparently labinal in tx promised same day delivery if needed... Yeah right. I don't see labinal doing Boeing work after these contracts.
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