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Today from the Editor's desk
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Darlene Druyun --the "Boeing Dragon Lady" is
back in the news again this time
Michael Sears has pleaded guilty to illegally
offering a job ( actually it was more like a bribe) to Twenty three billion ( BILLION Folks, like the one year national debt of 50 European countries) was in the contract for 100 large refueling tankers to be purchased from Boeing. ( And they talk about Haliburton and Iraq?)
We did an article on Ms. Druyun AKA "Dragon
Lady" last month (Boeing deal shames
America) but the story continues to grow larger than Pinocchio's
nose. It is evident now that not only did Druyun make a deal to go to
work for Boeing at a astronomical salary and perks, she obtained employment
for her So now, the Air Force is reviewing other Boeing contracts that Druyun and Sears worked on in the last nine years. This could mean some cancellations of contracts and some jobs lost at Boeing in Southern California. Not only did Druyun play the government for one of the biggest sucker ploys while she was still working at the pentagon, she actually pitted Boeing against Lockheed for her services. That in itself is one of the reasons we think that this sentence that was given Druyun was a slap on the tootsie. She should have lost her government pension, health coverage and everything that she has coming as a result of her employment. This is a person ( we will not call her a Lady) that had her daughter write Sears at Boeing and tell him in email that her Mom had taken a job at Lockheed "but really wanted to work for Boeing" If that is not putting the job out to the highest bidder then what is? Here is a government acquisition official, responsible for contracts in the billions over her employment span with the Air Force Procurement Agency placing the position on the bidding block for megabucks. The job at Boeing was for over a quarter million per year salary plus perks. This should all be forfeited and plus a major fine. Instead she received a $5,000 ( yep that's right, five thousand) and only nine months in jail. Sears in turn has not been sentenced but faces a $250,000 fine and five years in jail.
So why does the guy that was approached by
Druyun get the big hit ? Why didn't they give Druyun a $250,000 fine
and five years?. She is the one that was placing the Pentagon job out
for bid like a contract for notebooks-right? We wrote a letter today to
Mr. Paul J. McNulty the U.S. Attorney asking him that question. We'll
try another phone call this Friday if we don't get an answer.
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Scuttlebutt from the cargo area;
Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil. For
I am at 80,000 Feet and still climbing! (Sign over the entrance to
the old SR-71 operating base Kadena, Japan).
You've never been lost until
you've been lost at Mach 3. (Paul F. Crickmore - test pilot)
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The only time you have too much
fuel is, when you're on fire.
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Blue water Navy truism: There
are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky. (From an
old carrier sailor)
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If the wings are traveling
faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- and
therefore, unsafe
______
When one engine fails on a
twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to
the scene of the crash.
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What is the similarity between
air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot
dies; If ATC screws up,...the pilot dies.
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Never trade luck for skill.
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The three most common
expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are:
"Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh shit!" _____
Weather forecasts are horoscopes
with numbers.
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Progress in airline flying:
now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant. _____
Airspeed, altitude and brains.
Two are always needed to successfully
complete the flight. _____
A smooth landing is
mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a row is prevarication. _____
Mankind has a perfect
record in aviation; we never left one up there! _____
Flashlights are tubular metal
containers kept in a flight bag for the purpose of
storing dead batteries _____
Flying the airplane is more
important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground
incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.
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When a flight is proceeding
incredibly well, something
was forgotten. Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on a sunny day. _____
Advice given to RAF pilots
during WWII: When a prang (crash) seems inevitable, endeavor to
strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slow and
gently as possible.
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The Piper Cub is the safest
airplane in the world; ..it can just barely kill you.
(Attributed to Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot) _____
A pilot who doesn't have any
fear probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum. (Jon McBride,
astronaut)
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If you're faced with a forced
landing, fly the thing
as far into the crash as possible. (Bob Hoover - renowned aerobatic and test pilot) _____
If an airplane is still in one
piece, don't cheat on it;
ride the bastard down. (Ernest K. Gann, author &aviator) _____
Never fly in the same cockpit
with someone braver than you.
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There is no reason to
fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime. (Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970). _____
The three best things in
life are a good landing, a good orgasm, and a good bowel movement. The night carrier landing is one of the few opportunities in life where you get to experience all three at the same time. (Author unknown, but surely someone who's been there) _____
If something hasn't broken on
your helicopter, it's about to.
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Basic Flying Rules:
Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there. _____
You know that your landing gear
is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.
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Druyun and Sears in other articles
Pogo on oversight DragonLady gets tail caught
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