I like the SA80

[enfield303t]

Jim

The real scary part was when he told me in every single step of procurement someone will bring up "can that be made/purchased in Quebec". Now talk about incestuous, realize when that question occurs the entire process goes back to step one to start over again....that could be 98 steps into a 100 step process and it goes back to step 1.

We have our own SA80...Bombardier...we have given them BILLIONS of taxpayer $$$...should have let them go the way of the passenger pigeon years ago.

Hope that is not considered a political statement.

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[mrclark303]

Jim

The real scary part was when he told me in every single step of procurement someone will bring up "can that be made/purchased in Quebec". Now talk about incestuous, realize when that question occurs the entire process goes back to step one to start over again....that could be 98 steps into a 100 step process and it goes back to step 1.

We have our own SA80...Bombardier...we have given them BILLIONS of taxpayer $$$...should have let them go the way of the passenger pigeon years ago.

Hope that is not considered a political statement.

Not at all, simply a statement of fact, not political!

The general public of most NATO countries would, I am quite sure, be absolutely horrified at the money wasted in dire management practices (that would kill a business overnight if it operated in the private sector) and pointless duplication of capability, that costs many billions and makes kit ever more expensive for the end user, Eurofighter and Rafale immediately come to mind.

[browningautorifle]

Bombardier

Yes...been there, dealt with it. Continuously.