October 3, 2013

‘The federal government shutdown has forced Sikorsky Aircraft to take the drastic step of furloughing about 2,000 workers, effective Monday,’ claims today’s CT POST..

I guess that means they are non-essential.

But, Representative Rosa deLauro said, “The disastrous implications of the reckless Republican shutdown are quickly being felt in Connecticut.”

The reason for the company’s action? ‘The production and delivery of Sikorsky helicopters for DOD, including the Black Hawk, cannot proceed without the help of Defense Contract Management Agency. They are a critical and required part of our U.S. government aircraft and parts inspection, acceptance and delivery process,’ said a company spokesman.

Critical and Required? What utter nonsense. Their non-presence would likely speed up production.

When I worked at Rockwell International, another large defense contractor, our DCASA representatives, on the days they bothered to show up, could be found in the cafeteria, chatting up the secretaries. If we needed a government signature on a document, we went first to the cafeteria, then to the nearest golf course.

Representative DeLauro would do the nation a service by learning a bit about defense contracting before mouthing more political blather.