NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoBoeing allegedly overcharged the military 8,000% for airplane soap dispenserswww.popsci.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1601arrow-down14cross-posted to: weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan
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minus-squarePyotr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down1·22 days 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-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down5·22 days 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-squarePistcow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·22 days 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-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·22 days agoWell, some of it ain’t stupid. Imagine the shortcuts Boeing would take if they were beholden to no certifications at all.
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-222 days agoYeah we’d have planes falling out of the skies!
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·22 days 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.