The fact that you think that you can summarize the job into a simple packet of work instructions tells those of us who have been out on the line (in management and engineering in my case) how very little you know.

Likely doesn’t stand a chance of getting congressional approval, which only will work to convince Iran to accelerate their program and get a nuclear weapon. They’ll (arguably rightfully so) look at a rejection by a belligerent Congress as a rejection of any hope of peace.

It isn’t perfect, but neither were any of the…

You’re well short in experience still. Also apparent that you’re not involved in operating the facilities, but in contract design work. I would never trust one of those guys to operate a thing.

And what, exactly, is your experience to make this claim? You watched a 5 minute video on Youtube? I’ve actually worked in these factories (management/engineering side).

As I said - I’ve worked in over half a dozen UAW plants (not R&D facilities) and have NEVER had that problem. NEVER.

Whee... you’re a manufacturing engineer? GTFU!

(you’re talking to an engineer with more line experience than you’ll ever have).

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These batteries don’t use that much precious material, though, and they’re using less and less all the time. Sort of like how catalytic converters now use at least 90% less platinum and palladium than they used 15 years ago. And fuel cell vehicles still require a battery - not as big, but still a decent sized one. The…

Right - that’s why I said move the Mustang, MKS, and Taurus into the Wayne plant - if you want to consolidate Fusion production into Flat Rock, you’ll have to find another plant for the Mustang. And you can’t move the Focus and C-Max to Mexico without building a new plant or clearing space in an existing plant - and…

You make the false conclusion that what you see in the video is all they’re trained to do. The workers on most of the production lines I deal with nowadays don’t look like they’re doing anything all that complicated 95% of the time. But any line leader knows how much skill they really possess and how disasterous…

Lucky? I’ve worked in over half a dozen UAW plants without ever seeing what you describe. I suspect its more of bad luck on your side.

No doubt. And the politicians are too juvenile to fix them. The GOP (in general) wants to destroy unions, so rational reform that would remove these absurdities is not something they’re interested in, as it gets rid of the “out of control” union appearance. The Dems, on the other hand, view any rational reform as an…

Really good CEOs? Do really good CEOs cover up defects that they know about while customers die?

Very few jobs in an auto plant are truly unskilled labor anymore.

I’ve worked at quite a few union and non-union plants as an engineer - every single UAW member I encountered treated me exactly as you claim you were treated at AM General.

I would like to see them back off. Unfortunately, their hands are generally tied, thanks to some screwed up labor laws. The union *must* provide their workers with representation according to federal law. If they fail to (to the worker’s satisfaction), they can be held liable - and the worker can even hire a legal…

2nd: There is almost no way I see Ford’s Wayne plant closing. They just spent over half a billion dollars just 5 years ago to completely rebuild the factory. That’s an enormous investment - combined with a few other investments they’ve made, it’s on the order of the amount of money Honda spent building their Indiana…

Why will hydrogen be the future? It’s more efficient to directly use electricity in the battery rather than use it to create hydrogen. The materials used in the batteries are also highly recyclable, just like lead acid batteries - which would arguably be far more damaging to the environment except for the fact that…

1st: “ All of this is true. You get the higher ride, which some people like, plus more practicality and no real fuel economy penalty in a crossover.”


You do get the higher ride. But many CUVs have less cargo and passenger space than their comparably priced sedan counterpart. They do have a theoretical advantage if you…

Liberty my ass. Demanding services for free is not liberty.