Comment on Boeing says it can’t make money with fixed-price contracts

Uniquitous@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They can, they just use cost-plus contacts so they make money no matter how far off schedule or budget they end up.

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  • Uniquitous@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I was under the impression that those sweetheart deals were getting hard to come by, but I don’t work bids.

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    • Gork@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There’s still a few out there. Take Clear for example, the subscription line skipping service that works alongside TSA.

      Somebody’s palms got heavily greased to allow this company to thrive in the airport security space.

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    • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Admittedly, it was quite a while ago that I had anything to do with government contracting, so you could be right.

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