The United States/French Air Force should be ashamed of awarding the contract to Airbus to build the next generation tanker. Consider from a taxpayer's point of view: Boeing's proposal cost $35 million less per aircraft, they are able to operate out of existing bases without expensive modifications and Boeing's tanker is built with the knowledge gained from a long history of building and maintaining tankers.
Presently, all major assemblies of the tanker platform (the Boeing 767) are built by Boeing workers. With the loss of this program, Boeing will phase out the 767 and these jobs will be lost. As we have seen with the 787, the manufacturing of the major assemblies will more than likely be performed by global partners resulting in a net loss of American jobs.
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