Originally Posted by
Beatriz Fontana
Whatever happened to contracts that were written with a deliver-on-time-and-in-budget-otherwise-you're-fined clause?
Fine in theory but with slim profit margins, yes really, there is not much fat for fines, I mean, that is the whole point of a tight contract. Then if you do fine them they will either up the costs elsewhere or go to the wall. As we don't have Defence Industries in Depth we would be a bit stuck.