"fudog50" wrote in message
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Today is Jan 6th 2003, and I am a Fleet Rep on active duty, a
customer. I am not living in the past, I live to meet tomorrows flight
schedule and do my best to overcome shortsighted programatic
philosophies and engineering failures to put a safe and reliable
product in the air for our crew to fly.

None of that changes the fact that most mil-specs for electronic components
are out of review and therefore no longer valid. There is no option outside
accepting COTS, as it has been the only game in town since 2000.

The F/A-18E is the first COTS airplane, in what way do you feel its
logistics are compromised?

Tarver I don't believe you
actually go to work and say you are gonna screw the customer. However,
because of your lack of ability to see a different viewpoint and
inexperience with actually working on any Navy Jet, or as an end-user
on any product, your basis for even commenting on this subject is a
fraud.

Well no, actually my design is part of the new Boeing 747 Amended type
certificate. Plus some guys called SPAWAR want my toys and so does NAVAIR
AW1. Perhaps you little bull**** flle rep job has ill prepared you to post
at ram, on this level.

to You are living in a totally different world totally digested
from the reality of a flightdeck or flightline. So like I said, we
have a difference of opinion, due to your background and job, just
leave it at that.

Let us agree that you are wrong, but have too much pride to deal with that
fact.

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 20:10:45 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
wrote:


"fudog50" wrote in message
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Just more fuel for the fire Tarver, and backs up my firm belief that
all engineers should be locked up in rubber rooms at night. Or, better
yet, they should be made to go out to the front lines, or do a cruise
with a system of COTS and no support. Been there, done that. It sucks.

Interseting theory, but you are living in the past. COTS is all there
is,
Mil-spec components are no more. The RPL Model is mature at 20 years old
and it is the only basis for a Mil-Hbk 217 F calculation, as Mil-Secs for
components are expired. To pretend that Mil-Spec is a basis is fraud.