Thanks for the input, Chris. It's an education. Bill Noel ITT Geospatial Systems Division 400 Initiative Drive Rochester, New York 14606-0488 P: (585) 269-5911 F: (585) 672-8042 -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Mahanna Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 10:55 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] : [TN] Performance Class 3A Hi Bill, 3A has been around for quite a while. Originally it was a laundry list of supplants that the aerospace primes used. In our opinion, the intent was for specifiers to line item choose those supplants, as a type of standardization. Other aerospace primes always used the whole list (because it was their list). This created a great deal of confusion in the industry, for many years. With the movement towards more and more sub tier assembly (I guess the trend maybe reversing again now) the confusion became untenable. With Rev C, it is now a vetted, reconciled list of agreed upon requirements from the participating quorum of aerospace users and suppliers. (Tongue-in-cheek, evidently some of the stakeholders forgot to participate.) Which brings us to today, where specifiers are insisting on 6012B, which in my opinion is a nightmarish contractual decision; not impossible, but a very ugly contract. I know, too much information. But, if it is all-of-sudden on your radar, it probably is because of some of this consternation. Chris Chris Mahanna President, Technical Manager Robisan Laboratory Inc. 6502 E. 21st Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46219 317-353-6249 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/ContentPage.aspx?Pageid=E-mail-Forums for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be proprietary and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of ITT Corporation. The recipient should check this e-mail and any attachments for the presence of viruses. ITT accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/ContentPage.aspx?Pageid=E-mail-Forums for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------