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Airbus Inaugurates First U.S. Final Assembly Line in Mobile, Alabama - Photos & Stort
Airbus opened its first U.S. Assembly line for the A320 family - the first for the European manufacturer and the first jetliner built on U.S. soil by a foreign owned company. (airwaysnews.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
yes, and you probably then also want other countries to buy their own stuff? so no more US military stuff for Europe? No exports for US weapons? Oh no, then you complain about protectionism.
The reason you lose from China is because you spend more than you earn, by the trillions. So they own you already....
The reason you lose from China is because you spend more than you earn, by the trillions. So they own you already....
Well, by their own admission, this qualifies them for the Ex-Im bank. I think that is in the story. I personally don't think it will be many years before that brand is in our military. They had MD and Boeing. At some point the will have Boeing and Airbus.
I wonder if Airbus will find the same issues Mercedes did when the latter opened its SUV plant in 'Bama years ago; the first-gen vehicles built there had some serious quality issues. Apparently, the company turned things around there and the products are leaving there much improved.
More than likely they will as with any new operation, regardless of what it is or who it belongs too. That is what the company and it's managers are for, to straighten out teething problems.
Oh, I'm well aware of the company and its managers are supposed to do...unfortunately, unlike an SUV, you can't really pull an airliner over to work on it in the air! Of course, production tempo is going to be so slow that QA/QC should be close to perfect. It's not like Airbus will be really shooting these single-aisles like Boeing does in Renton (52 a month by 2018!).
I am well aware of the SUV thing, and as you said, tempo will be bad slow, at least for awhile.
Our Country has to be able to control its own military supply chain. Presently, we cannot make our own shirts, or tool our own bolts or etc., et al. ad naseum.
As Commenters before have noted about the swallowing of MD by Boeing should never have been allowed to occur.
IF we ever have a war with China, we lose. They have all of our mills and tool & die and rare Earths and ... But, our C-levels are getting massive Bonuses.