Boeing are still running scared. As I stated previously, they can't afford to lose this contest - the problem being they can't afford to win it either.....
The "expert contributor" reports on this site are always so incredibly pro-Boeing I can't believe even the Boeing
PR staf are responsible, but go figure.
Read between the lines and work out how happy they are....
KC-X Tanker: Contract Winner May Not Win All They Seek
.......How much either side sees the win being instrumental to their military footprint depends on the level at which they are prepared to pay for it. It looks inevitable that Airbus’ ability to outprice Boeing could leave a 767 win being an expensive, loss making effort.........
Both sides claim to want to win to secure jobs and its hard to see how either candidate winning manages to make good on the promise when the price for doing so may be higher than either side are willing to pay for or admit defeat to.
It’s a messy game and one that quite frankly needs to be scrapped altogether given the continuous indecision that surrounds it.