Originally Posted by
GlobalNav
I can smell the BS! It looks great, but it doesn’t meet the requirements.
I don't know - this sounds more like the USAF wants perfection instead of what they really need which is 'gets the job done'.
I saw that attitude more than once during the various KC-46 design reviews I was in. When we'd point out that a requirement didn't add any value to the end product, the response was 'what part of mandatory don't you understand'.
The aircraft operates in the real world - perfection is seldom possible in the real world. They seem to think it's some big laboratory where perfection is obtainable.