I am simply saying what was reported by the news here.Has anyone seen the bid proposals at all? I'm not sure what is reported there about all of this but our stations have been reporting hardly anything but this forever it seems. Frankly I am tired of hearing about it. What was reported was that when Boeing first put in the bid there was certain things the AF wanted changed. Accordingly Boeing made the changes, but the said changes forced Boeing to up the bid price. We all know the result. We have not heard any retractions so far so all anyone can do is think on it and come up with their own conclusions. As for Boing biding the bigger plane, they were told By the AF that they (AF) were looking to downsize the tanker but with some similarities as the current tanker. The AF then decided they wanted a bigger one. It raises questions but as I said before, it doesn't matter what any of us think really.
Is there any way to see a copy of the RFP? After all, if the Air Force didn't award the contract based on what they asked for, then Boeing has a legitmate gripe. I'd hate to see another Air Force Scandal resulting in us loosing this contract and tens of thousand of us going back on unemployment.
