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US has stealth aircraft,....... Canada has stealth? pilots

May 16, 2006 10:14PM PDT
Canada has phantom pilots

OTTAWA -- Canada's air force has spent $39 million to train phantom pilots in the past three years, with more costs to come, the auditor general has found.

In a progress report on previously audited issues released yesterday, Sheila Fraser says Canadians paid to train 145 pilots that don't exist because of fixed-rate contract obligations with a training facility.

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May 16, 2006 10:32PM PDT

Does Halliburton have a Canadian subsidiary? Devil

Seriously, what advanced knucklehead negotiated a contract to train a certain number of pilots when it was unsure of what the actual number of pilot trainees would be?

This almost makes me feel better about US government contracting... Wink

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I'd guess that this sort of thing has happened...
May 16, 2006 10:40PM PDT

in every large military since the days of the Roman Empire if not earlier.

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Phantom?
May 17, 2006 1:16AM PDT
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here in the USA
May 17, 2006 1:32AM PDT

our phantom voters would have stopped such misuse of pub funds.

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(NT) (NT) Maybe this will be my next case ;))
May 17, 2006 1:34AM PDT