03/14/2016
https://www.congress.gov...
"Mr. Sullivan, can you explain further the April 2016 GAO assessment that the F35A and B engines are at 55 percent and 63 percent (respectively) of where the program expected them to be?"
"Mr. Sullivan, General Bogdan's testified that 'today the F-35 engine has about 52,000 fleet hours on it, and it's maintaining about a 94 percent full mission-capable rate.'"
"You think that is morally correct to do 750?"
"I think you can make a huge difference in your public opinion, in the way you are viewed, if you would step up and say, we are not going to charge more than $25."