Boeing Commercial Airplanes chief Alan Mulally used his bluntest language to date yesterday to slam Washington as a place to do business.
Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee say the panel should take another look at a $21.2 billion Air Force plan to lease 100 refueling tanker planes from The Boeing Co.
"I think we suck," Mulally said.
He also dismissed the $4.2 billion transportation package approved last April as woefully inadequate.
"This is a Band-Aid," he said. "This doesn't even get you started."
You bet it's inadequate, just imagine this pittance, the $2 to $4 billion to put the Alaskan Way Viaduct underground, the $6 billion to replace the SR 520 floating bridge, SR 522, SR 167/I-405 I/C, Mercer I-5 I/C, NE45th/I-5 interchange, Light Rail, Monorail, and a new I-605 that would bypass Seattle and cost $30 billion, now your'e talking about some real money. Here is the head of Boeing commercial airplane company calling $4.2 billion a pittance while we the people of Washington State have to put up with 35,000 unemployed aerospace workers and give Boeing $500 million of incentives to maybe get their next airplane built here. What is the problem with a liveable unemployment wage? What is the problem with following correct development rules for new business that protect the environment? What is the problem? The large companies that whine about the cost of doing business can go to Mississippi and employ a few thousand non-union workers at low wages deserve to reap the wrath of the people. Who wants to ride on an airplane these days anyway? They are configured like a cattle car and smell just about as bad. The airports suck, the amenities on airplanes suck, the security sucks, and the airline manufacturers and airline companies suck. One out of five airline passengers gets a cold after flying anywhere.
Here is an article from today's Seattle PI (you will have to search for "airport security") that will get your mind up to the boiling point. The written tests given potential baggage screeners at airports never asked applicants to show they could identify dangerous objects inside luggage.
In addition, screeners hired by the government to check baggage for bombs were given most of the answers to the tests, according to an internal investigation by the Homeland Security Department.
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