Daniel P. Driscoll
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
This was tied into kind of the wheel well and the wheel, the components that keep the wheel on.
And this part, if we want to get it from the manufacturer, it's currently on back order till mid-2027.
So this $2 part that they're going to charge us, I don't know what the exact price is for this one, but for some of these,
Grossly overpriced.
We can manufacture for $2, and we end up paying $200 or $2,000.
But even more sinfully, we can't actually even get to the part, even though we know we can make the part.
And so of our 777s at the 101st Airborne, which is one of our amazing units, I think 80% of them right now are down.
80%.
80%.
80%.
And this, they were showing me, one of them or a few of them are down because of this one part, which we know how to 3D print.
I think, Sean, you could probably take this to some of your buddies within two miles of the studio, and they could figure out a way to make this for you.
And so the enraging part of this story is,
We have allowed these soldiers to believe it is the case that for a year, two years, three years at a time, we are not going to have them training and using and being ready to deploy with their equipment that we're giving them.
And it's okay to let it stand by.
So that enrages me.
20, 30, 40 years.
Who's responsible for that part?
This is the problem.
And so this is where the story gets complicated.