That was my first thought, leadership issue. People / employees can be screened and trained, takes leadership to make it happen. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC
On August 6, 2019 3:47:16 PM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <[email protected]> wrote: >A friend is a team leader on a build section on the 787 line in >Charleston. He tells me stories that suggest management is not too >plugged into the line guys and willing to listen to their experience >and >expertise until it costs them more time or money, which is not >infrequent due to component manufacturing errors/delays and bad build >procedures. He came from a construction management background, so >knows >how to read prints and how to use a tool and how to figure things out. > >It has taken 3 or 4 years for his direct management to acknowledge he >actually knows what he is talking about, and now they will listen to >him >but it has to be sorta on the quiet as their processes don't encourage >that approach for some reasons not clear. I think a lot of them are >touchy because of the union issues in Seattle, which is not an issue >here. He also has told me that the workforce skills of late are quite >lacking, some of the people they hire need courses in remedial >wrench-holding and such, they are pretty much ignorant. That is a >state/local govt issue given how they have given lots of incentives for > >these companies to locate here, and there is considerable pressure now >on the workforce which seems to be fairly engaged because of all the >other opportunities, and those who are at the lowest end of the >distribution are not particularly sharp. > >I get the impression too that a lot of the "controversy" is due to >union >agitators who keep trying to get a foothold here. He doesn't have >strong feelings one way or another, he has run the numbers and says the > >union wouldn't offer much, and would be a pain in the ass to deal with, > >so not a lot to compel support. > >--FT > >On 8/5/19 7:08 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: >> The issues with the 787 appear to be sloppy manufacture, not design >defects. I think it's fair to assume that if the assembly crew is >leaving tools and trash on the planes the actual assembly is probably >suspect as well. Something about attention to detail, I think. >> >> Boeing may yet regret moving their assembly plants to areas of >historically low wages and no recent aerospace construction, it's not >quite like tossing sloppy out of square cinder block foundations >together. >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >-- >--FT > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
