A Waste of Taxpayer Time and Money: Example
In 1992, the British-built Slingsby T-3A Firefly was selected to replace the T-41 trainer aircraft. The US Air Force grounded them in 1997 after three fatal crashes.
Our wonderful Air Force discovered that fixing the planes was cost prohibitive. There was no maintenance since the grounding, and many of them were damaged by storm elements.
This past Monday, after 9 years, the Air Force has agreed to pay a metal-recycling company $12,000 to get rid of the planes. The scrap metal value would be used to offset the disposal cost. It will be finished by September 25.
The cost of the aircraft program to the taxpayer: $42 MILLION, plus another $10 MILLION in failed fixes.
It took 9 years for them to decide that the T-3A plane was no longer airworthy.
Thank you, US Air Force.
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