Thanks to the competent and responsible leaders the world is laughing their guts out at us. Malaysia is like every sales-man dream come true where we don’t negotiate to buy goods at good prices and that are cost effective on the long run but buy based sources that can inflate a few bank accounts and has got potential to further inflate the bank accounts in the short-long run.
The Eurocopter EC725 Cougar proposed purchase is yet another lousy piece of business which would have gone ahead to meet the above criteria if not for the constant noise by the opposition law makers at the parliament.
Do you know that the Malaysian Airforce use Sukhoi, MiG and Boeing fighters, BAE and Aermacchi trainers, Eurocopter, Sikorsky, and AgustaWestland helicopters??
Im no military expert but Let me ask you a simple question :
Would you buy 10 different brands of tv from 10 different vendors for your karaoke join or would you buy 10 tv’s from 1 or 2 vendors?
I don’t know about you but common sense would tell me that buying from 1 or 2 suppliers would make it hell easier to the cost,maintainance,service and future purchases.. Right?
So what are our actual motivations in such major purchases? My guess is as good as yours buy there is a good read on what the world thinks of us with an article from FlightGlobal with a tittle we have become familiar with Malaysian Flip-Flops
From the Shelves of Delirium
Digging up the files…
i think we should ask air asia chairman to negotiaite on the helicopter since he do good job on purchasing airbus aircraft