Oh but it is applied equally ww.
The issue with the F35 has been and still is to a certain extent the claims being made for it; that it time and time again has failed to live up to.
Thus comment on the missing of these targets is completely justified and accurate.
Costs, dates, abilities being just some of the items either completely missed or yet to be proven.
As far as i’m aware, other than some rather silly political claims prior to first flight, the T50 has had nowhere near the same level of claims made for it.
The F35 is being judged versus the claims that have been made for it; it is largely a failure versus these at this point.
To squeal that your beloved F35 is not being treated equally is rather wide of the mark.
The T50 has not had the same level of hype thus it has less to be judged against.
Bit harsh on the F-35 – I’m still not sure why exactly the F-35 should be a fail – but you did mention something about costs and and dates. By the same yardstick would you consider the Sydney Opera House or the Panama Canal as failures?
BTW, there were, in fact, some pretty over-optimistic claims made about PAK FA. If some people where to be believed, it should be entering service sometime next year…
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