"Rest assured we haven't signed any fixed-price development contracts, nor intend to."

Boeing says it can’t make money with fixed-price contracts::“Rest assured we haven’t signed any fixed-price development contracts, nor intend to.”

  • Uniquitous@lemmy.oneEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    I was under the impression that those sweetheart deals were getting hard to come by, but I don’t work bids.

    • Gork@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      There’s still a few out there. Take Clear for example, the subscription line skipping service that works alongside TSA.

      Somebody’s palms got heavily greased to allow this company to thrive in the airport security space.

    • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Admittedly, it was quite a while ago that I had anything to do with government contracting, so you could be right.