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arrow-up1604arrow-down1external-linkBoeing allegedly overcharged the military 8,000% for airplane soap dispenserswww.popsci.comNightOwl@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down5·6 months agoIf I can slap it in a collapsible sub, I can slap it in an airplane! Besides, it’s not like it’s supposed to be what’s holding the door plug on.
minus-squarePistcow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months agoEveryone single part on a plane has to be certified and from a certified supplier that goes through a stupid process to be certified.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months agoWell, some of it ain’t stupid. Imagine the shortcuts Boeing would take if they were beholden to no certifications at all.
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 months agoYeah we’d have planes falling out of the skies!
If I can slap it in a collapsible sub, I can slap it in an airplane!
Besides, it’s not like it’s supposed to be what’s holding the door plug on.
Everyone single part on a plane has to be certified and from a certified supplier that goes through a stupid process to be certified.
Well, some of it ain’t stupid.
Imagine the shortcuts Boeing would take if they were beholden to no certifications at all.
Yeah we’d have planes falling out of the skies!
Or worse, unplanned.
Wait