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Largest of the 787s to be built in South Carolina

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  1. Juan-Manuel Fantango

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    #1 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Jul 31, 2014
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    Saw this page today at dinner. SC has James Brown, Dabo and Spurier, BMW, and Boeing. Also the largest producing state for tires. Not bad, just don't want it to grow too fast and mess everything up. How I long for lazy highways....slow beach days, moon pie, RC, and Blenheim Ginger Ale Blenheim Ginger Ale.

    Boeing will build largest 787 model only in S. Carolina | Business & Technology | The Seattle Times

    COLUMBIA, SC: Boeing to make newest, largest 787 exclusively in South Carolina | Business | The State
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    #2 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Jul 31, 2014
    You know, Mack truck moved here years ago. After Mack relocated their plant to Winnsboro, the union moved down, and they eventually had to close the plant.
     
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    #3 Bob Parks, Jul 31, 2014
    Another McNerney move. Dumb but it will " Save money".
     
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    #4 norcal2, Aug 1, 2014
    Lets hope that doesnt happen with Boeing....
     
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    #5 Bob Parks, Aug 1, 2014
    If McNerney and his bunch aren't collard, that's exactly what's going to happen to Boeing. These guys started their "new business plan" with the 787-8 and look at the mess that came to. If they knew anything about building big airplanes, they never would have thrown crucial work out to suppliers with unknown qualifications. The stuff they are doing now by scattering the engineering work force and putting the squeeze on the most valuable assets, older more experienced employees, is eventually going to cripple the company. So far the Charleston people have done nothing but send their airplanes to Seattle to have the glitches fixed. So they will build the 787-10 down there. The philosophy that they can save money by using younger lower paid engineers and techs instead of the high paid help with years of experience that knows their stuff, is going to hurt. My observations, folks.
     
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    #6 thibaut, Aug 1, 2014
    It's strange they aren't learning. Perhaps they haven't been hurt enough yet ? I thought the whole dreamliner affair was bad enough, but apparently not so.

    It's pretty clear that A380 and A400M (military transport plane with a very painful and late gestation), have forced Airbus to totally re-think their set up. Now it operates a far more centralised engineering. Speed and timeliness (so far) of A350 XWB development is an example of that.
    You do need accountants but I am yet to see one successfully building a plane.
    If Boeing board doesn't see that, then we'll see who's in better shape in 5-10 years.
     
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    #7 Spasso, Aug 1, 2014
    Wow! What a concept.
    Just like how it was done between the 50's and the 2000's..........;)

    People keep coming into this business looking to reinvent the wheel when it comes to building these things but they keep ignoring the stacks and stacks of SQUARE WHEELS left by their predecessors.

    - What ever happened to learning from mistakes?

    - Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
     

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