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[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 5 points 45 minutes ago (1 children)

Boeing keeps stepping on the rake.

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 4 points 30 minutes ago

I mean, wouldn't you if the rake handle had huge bags of cash tied to it? They'll always step on the rake but they're practiced enough that they only get hit in the face occasionally.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 1 points 54 seconds ago

soap dispensers

Sounds like money laundering was going on.

[–] skizzles@lemmy.world 1 points 4 minutes ago

This is exactly what happens when the system is based on lowest bid contracts.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 53 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

You didn't think they actually spent ten thousand dollars for a hammer and thirty thousand for a toilet seat, did you?

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Came here to post this lol

You didn’t think they actually spent ten thousand dollars for a hammer and thirty thousand for a toilet seat, did you?

[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 hour ago (2 children)
[–] kindernacht@lemmy.world 11 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Independence Day (1996)

They just walked in to the underground lab beneath Area 51. The president was curious how it was paid for.

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 2 points 35 minutes ago* (last edited 34 minutes ago)

What kindernacht said.

Judd Hirsch plays Jeff Goldblum's character's dad, who has low tolerance for bullshit lol

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

I knew someone would post this fast and I was not dissapointed.

[–] ronflex@lemmy.world 3 points 55 minutes ago

I would say kinda based if it wasn't my tax dollars going toward that crap. Starts to put the massively over-inflated military budget into perspective.

[–] P34C0CK@lemmy.world 22 points 2 hours ago
[–] tal@lemmy.today 23 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (3 children)

For its part, Boeing representatives announced they are “reviewing the report, which appears to be based on an inapt comparison of the prices paid for parts that meet aircraft and contract specifications and designs versus basic commercial items that would not be qualified or approved for use on the C-17,” the company said in a statement.

looks dubiously at dispenser

In what way is the right-hand soap dispenser not adequately qualified?

EDIT: It looks like the C-17 can fly pressurized, so I don't think that it can be undergoing pressure changes, which is the one thing that I could think of.

[–] Pyotr@lemmy.world 22 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

The COTS unit shown there is not tested and certified to the contract requirements Boeing was working to. Simple as. If the price ridiculous? Absolutely yes. But you cannot go to a home hardware store and slap one in a plane.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago

If I can slap it in a collapsible sub, I can slap it in an airplane!

Besides, it's not like it's supposed to be what's holding the door plug on.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Well ya can but you’re taking some risks if you do. Your soap dispenser might not work worth a shit if you haven’t tested it.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 15 points 2 hours ago

I'm 90% sure these deals are a way to funnel money into defense contractors without having a suspicious paper trail.

Overcharge a bit here and there, and by sheer volume you get a nice shadow budget to build and operate things that aren't even supposed to exist.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The cabin is usually pressurized to the equivalent of 8000 ft asl. So the dispenser does have to deal with pressure changes. A simple vent hole aught to take care of that though.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Also, as the safety briefing says, "we do not anticipate a change in cabin pressure," but if a rapid decompression should occur, there was probably some provision made so that the soap dispenser doesn't just shatter or explode or something.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 56 minutes ago (1 children)

This isn’t oniony. It happens all the time. The ongoing theory is that it’s done to cover top secret expenditures.

[–] LavenderDay3544@lemmy.world 2 points 32 minutes ago

It's much more likely to be corporate kickbacks for political donations.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 2 points 1 hour ago

I know “everybody does it” isn’t a valid excuse, but… everybody does it.

[–] BonerMan@ani.social 4 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

And why exactly did they pay it?

[–] Pantsofmagic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

It's often the military's own flowed down certification requirements that result in significantly higher costs

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Probably because trying to fight the bullshit ends up costing more in the long run.

[–] BonerMan@ani.social 2 points 1 hour ago

I mean... Just don't pay and get planes from Airbus next time...