[jemmyw]

We do know what happened though. Boeing used an insider to pass information about their competitors bids and then gave them a high paying job with a large sign on bonus.

They got the contract killed because they knew they could work up a furor about a European design being used by the US. Of course it's fine in the other direction.

There's legitimate reasons to not want to depend on an ally for equipment but in this case it seems that Boeing haven't been able to deliver on it at all. Losing might have been a good kick up the ass to improve for the next time this type of contract comes around.

[ethbr1]

I mean, the billions of dollars hole in their books in doing a decent job of that.

They've already made noise about 'being more selective about their bids in the future' or some such.

Which is honestly the way it should work. Because the US govt can't reform Boeing. Only Boeing can choose to do that internally.