TWI PROFILE: MAJ ANTHONY LEACH, AIRBUS GROUP INC.

摘要

Maj Anthony Leach approached his rotation in Training with Industry (TWI), working with Airbus in Huntsville, AL, with "The Wizard of Oz" in mind. He wanted to "to see behind the curtain, to see how 'the wizard'-our industry partners-operated. I wanted to learn if there were any differences to their methods of doing business versus the government's." He got that look. Indeed, Leach was surprised that, while "there were many similarities with the Army" in the operations of Airbus Defence and Space, what seemed simple on the government side was significantly more complex on the contractor side. "The biggest difference I noticed was [that] when the government asks the contractor to modify something, whether [it is] hardware or contractual, it is not as easy as I assumed."