You mean I have to sit here and take this abuse?

I work for a Japanese Airline Part-supplying company.

I'm getting new requests in today that reads, "We don't have stock in these aircraft parts anymore and we need it by the end of the year."

So I go on a rampaging duck hunt for this part today for half my day, plead every manufacturer, surplus vendor out there. The manufacturer's normal lead time for making the part is around 35 days. They don't have stock. They SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY from 12/22~01/02. So that inevidebly adds another 12~15 days. The surplus vendors don't have anything in good shape in stock. The best they can do is overhaul a part they've got but that still takes 3 weeks.

So, I tell my customer what the deal is, and they DEMAND they want an answer by tomorrow of a decent part they can get by the end of the year.

You know, someone who can be THIS demanding with COMPLETE and UTTER IGNORANCE of what is possible, plausible, and remotely only possible in a figment of their imagination, is quite astonishing to know they've been in business for 10 years and still haven't gone bankrupt. Talk about HORRIBLE planning, ugh.

Jam it back in, in the dark.