Credibility, hmm?
Like putting up a chart with milestones that were mostly missed, some by double-digit months?
Like asserting that "if you don't follow the defense business closely, then you can be excused for believing that the F-35 joint strike fighter is in trouble", weeks before the program office director gets the boot?
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Or like announcing "Burbage also expressed increased confidence in the program, and acknowledged that most early challenges have been overcome" at a point where the new government managers were just beginning to realize that the program needed another 4-6 years?
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One of the culprits here went on to his next star, another is still a well remunerated LM consultant and the third retired with honors, and nobody on the program has ever explained why these public statements were so widely at odds with reality.
Credibility my
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