Understanding The Business Model At Its Core essentially means that the people in leadership roles in corporate America and the U.S. military do not care for their peeps, because most of these people are too happy to sell their souls for a profit or a job.
After all of us at my site were told that we will be laid off on July 1st our union representative told us the same sad tale about NASA and other branches of the U.S. military. He covers Defense Contractors in half of my state. Most of these jobs were once done by the military who decided to use contractors two-decades ago.
I once asked one of my Site Managers if I should start training some of the active personnel who used our simulators. He asked me why. I told him in case World War III starts and some people decide not to show up for work. He assured me that the contracting company would have it covered, and then he was forced out of his job because he was not politically correct.
Trump’s Parlous Gambit
…That was pure grift, you understand, and it was how the Democratic Party kept its activist troops of the so-called “marginalized” paid and happy…
One reality we struggle with is the doleful fact that there is no work-around for the nation’s monumental debt. Since it can’t possibly be paid off, there are two stark paths for it: default and ruinous deflation (that is, money vanishes and the nation goes broke); or a futile attempt to inflate it away with more fake money creation (you’ll have money, but it’s increasingly worthless, so you’re effectively broke). Either way, you’re broke.
The United States Defense Department is where the Real Pure Grift exists. Generals and Admirals, there will be no more shiny new toys for you when the United States goes broke.
1998 TO 2011 – OLD CONTRACTOR
2000 TO 2025
1998 – MY FIRST SIM MOD – BLOCK 25
THE LUCRATIVE BUSINESS OF SIMULATOR MODIFICATIONS
TURNING A BOX INTO A LEVEL D FLIGHT SIMULATOR
MY SITE CARRIED 30% OF THE TRAINING LOAD IN THIS AIRCRAFT
FOR THE UNITED STATES’ PROJECTION OF STRENGTH AND POWER
THIS MACHINE IS CRITICAL
2011 TO PRESENT – CURRENT CONTRACTOR
DTU 7000 MODIFICATION – COMPANY MOD TEAM FAILED AFTER 3-WEEKS
MY TEAM DID THE MOD IN 2-HOURS
THE COMPANY MOD MANAGER BLAMED MY CREW AND I CHALLENGED THAT
SIX-MONTHS LATER I WAS THREATENED WITH TERMINATION
TOO MUCH LIFE EXPERIENCE WITH CORPORATE BULLIES
SURE, LET’S DO THE LEGAL DANCE – ONLY WHEN YOU SAY THAT DO THE BULLIES BACK DOWN
THE COMPANY MOD MANAGER WAS FIRED 3-YEARS AGO IN A VERY STRANGE CORPORATE MERGER
I SURVIVED, AND NOW I AM CLOSING IT ALL DOWN – I WILL BE THE LAST OUT; HOWEVER IT GOES
FOR MANY YEARS THE COMPUTER CALLED ME AT HOME AFTER HOURS WHEN THE BUILDING HVAC FAILED
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF EQUIPMENT IS TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY SENSITIVE
AND THEN ONE DAY IT ALL FINALLY FAILED
A TEMPORARY CHILLER HAD TO BE $$ RENTED $$ FOR NEARLY A YEAR
I WOULD COME IN AT ALL HOURS TO SHUTDOWN THE COMPUTERS AND EQUIPMENT
I AM NOT ON CONTRACT TO BE ON CALL – IT WAS ALL VOLUNTARY – IT WAS ALL DEDICATION
ONE SUNDAY NIGHT I WAS OUT TO DINNER WITH MY EX-WIFE AND SAID NO
THE NEXT DAY I WAS THREATENED WITH AN EMPLOYEE REPRIMAND
MY COVER MY ASS PHOTOGRAPH IDENTIFYING THE DANGERS AT THE LOCATION OF MY SECOND SIMULATOR
ONE OF MY TECHNICIANS WAS NEARLY ELECTROCUTED 14-DAYS LATER
UNCAPPED 100 AMP CIRCUITS TURN METAL INTO SLAG WHEN FINDING A GROUND
MISSING LOCKOUT AND TAGOUT IN A LEAKING SHED, LEAKING ON THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL
BUILDING ADDITIONAL SIMULATOR BAYS
COST: APPROXIMATELY $5-MILLION
I TOLD THE BUILDERS THE BAY AIR HANDLER WAS INSIDE THE SIMULATOR MOTION ENVELOPE
COST: $70,000.00 TO MOVE BACK 60 INCHES BLOCKING HYDRAULIC ROOM
NO ONE WAS REPRIMANDED, NO ONE WAS THREATENED WITH TERMINATION
POOR IRON WORK AND WELDING
SIM BAY BUILT SIX-INCHES TOO SMALL TO USE – $5-MILLION WASTED
THE BLUE TAPE IS ONE OF MY COWORKERS CALCULATIONS – HE HAS A CIVIL ENGINEERING DEGREE
HE TOLD THEM WHEN THEY WERE POURING THE FOOTERS IT WAS GOING TO BE TO SMALL
HE WAS TOLD TO SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP – HE TURNED OUT TO BE RIGHT
NO ONE WAS REPRIMANDED, NO ONE WAS THREATENED WITH TERMINATION
BUILDING NEUTRAL BUS BAR VIBRATED OFF – SHORT-CIRCUITED PHASE A
BLEW OUT EVERY LED LIGHT IN THE BUILDING – SOME ELEMENTS NEVER REPAIRED
UNFINISHED BUILDING SECURITY MODIFICATION
COST: APPROXIMATELY $250,000
THE $750,000 OF UNWRAPPED AND UNUSED EQUIPMENT IS NO LONGER USABLE
THE NEW CONTRACT WINNER WON WITHOUT HAVING ANY SECURITY EQUIPMENT AT ALL
NEED A REPLACEMENT LANDING GEAR HANDLE FOR A 60-YEAR-OLD PART – PRINTED IN THE SHOP
NO TRIP TO THE BONE YARD NEEDED
ALL OF MY COWORKERS ARE SOME OF THE MOST TALENTED PEOPLE THAT I HAVE KNOWN
TEARING IT ALL DOWN FOR THE NEXT NEW TOY THAT DOES NOT WORK AS ADVERTISED
STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN – MORE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
NO ONE WAS REPRIMANDED, NO ONE WAS THREATENED WITH TERMINATION
BAY AIR HANDLER’S THIRD LOCATION INSIDE ITS OWN ROOM
OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW
HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DID THIS ALL COST FOR AN AIRPLANE THAT IS NOT MISSION READY?
PARTS OF MY SECOND SIMULATOR WERE PUT IN STORAGE IN A LEAKY SHED FOR NEARLY A YEAR
I TOLD THE COMPANY TO BUY EIGHT NEW DRUMS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID BECAUSE OF WATER CONTAMINATION
IN MISSISSIPPI IT ALL WENT SOUTH IN FRONT OF GENERALS AND THE POLITICIANS
NOT A GOOD START FOR THE NEW MANAGEMENT AFTER THE COMPANY BUY OUT OF A COMPETITOR
THE OVERTIME, THE TALENT, AND A NEW HEAT EXCHANGER COST MORE THAN THAT HYDRAULIC OIL
THIS IS MY I TOLD YOU SO…
WATER IN HYDRAULIC FLUID EQUALS RUSTED PORTS INSIDE MICRO-CONTROLLED SERVO VALVES
IT KILLS THEM DEAD – SEND OUT A PURCHASE REQUEST FOR BIG DOLLAR REPAIRS
AND THAT’S WHY I TOOK THE PICTURE OF A RUSTED PORT WHEN I CHANGED OUT A LEG SERVO VALVE
THIS IS YOUR STORY FUCKERS – THIS IS YOUR LEGACY
THIS WILL BE THE LEGACY OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY
MY LAST SIMULATOR IS BEING DISASSEMBLED
FOR 25-YEARS MY CREW’S LIVES WERE IN DANGER REMOVING A 1,000-POUND DOOR
ONLY NINE SMALL TACK WELDS HELD THE LIFTING EYES IN PLACE
THE LIFTING EYES WERE WELDED TO A FASCIA AND NOT A LOAD BEARING STRUCTURE
IT WAS ALL FAKE
FRIDAY CONTRACTORS CAME TO FIX THE DOOR – ONLY ONE BID WAS TAKEN
THE MOVE IS NOW BEHIND THREE WEEKS
PLAN A DID NOT WORK AND PLAN B LOOKED LIKE SHADE TREE MAINTENANCE
I TOLD THE COMPANY MY TECHNICIANS ARE NOT GOING TO TOUCH THE DOOR ANYMORE
THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT FRUGALNESS
CUT BACK ON JANITORIAL AND GARBAGE COLLECTION SERVICES
GENERALS AND ADMIRALS, THIS IS YOUR LEGACY FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS