@[email protected] to Not The [email protected]English • 11 hours agoBoeing allegedly overcharged the military 8,000% for airplane soap dispenserswww.popsci.comexternal-linkmessage-square42arrow-up1381arrow-down14
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish36•11 hours agoThe 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•10 hours agoIf 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.
minus-squarePistcowlinkfedilinkEnglish6•5 hours agoEveryone single part on a plane has to be certified and from a certified supplier that goes through a stupid process to be certified.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•5 hours agoWell, some of it ain’t stupid. Imagine the shortcuts Boeing would take if they were beholden to no certifications at all.
minus-squareCarighan MaconarlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-248 minutes agoYeah we’d have planes falling out of the skies!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•10 hours agoWell 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.
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.
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.
Everyone single part on a plane has to be certified and from a certified supplier that goes through a stupid process to be certified.
Well, some of it ain’t stupid.
Imagine the shortcuts Boeing would take if they were beholden to no certifications at all.
Yeah we’d have planes falling out of the skies!
Or worse, unplanned.
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.