JetSpeed219
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crappers, i missed it again! are they going to show ANOTHER presentation??F70pilot said:Tomorrow night at 8.
http://tlc.discovery.com/schedule/series.jsp?series=54530&gid=11697&channel=TLCDominicinco said:crappers, i missed it again! are they going to show ANOTHER presentation??![]()
CAE, or Airbus, is a consortium, and the jobs are by definition spread out oveer numerous countries. The risks, also, are spread out over the same countries. It's hard to imagine the amount of risk that is assumed when such a project is undertaken, and I think the approach of sharing risks is a very shrewd one. You can't argue with their success.TRLpilot said:... but at the same time thought it was outrageously inefficient. i guess they want each country to have a hand in it and create jobs, but if you're going to be building those mega-structures for fabrication and assembly why build them in places that have problems with transporting logistics.
But, it cleared the railing. Whether it was inches or feet or yards, it cleared. Inexpensive, regardless of it's size in proportion to the proverbial bucket, is always less efficient than FREE. I don't think they were worried - - in fact I'm sure they weren't. But, they didn't get to hear from John Travolta before they moved the wing, either.TRLpilot said:when they moved the wing or fuselage from the hangar to the boat they talked about the few inches between the sides of the trailer and the railing of the bridge. wouldn't it have been a drop in the bucket to make a bigger bridge after they spent catrillions of dollars on the fabrication plant?
Again, I don't think the barge Captain was worried. Do you REALLY think Airbus would allow transport of such a crtical and expensive part if they REALLY thought it might get hung up under a bridge. No. We owe the drama, again, to TLC.TRLpilot said:and then they have to move it down a river when the tide is just right so they don't hang up on a bridge or sandbar. oh the drama!
Of course they'd have to find the one eternal pessimist in the town, the guy that complains about everything. A journalist's day just wouldn't be complete without it. The commotion was caused by the huge crowds gathering to see the first sections come through. As I said before, Airbus already knew they'd fit. They move in the middle of the night so as to not disturb traffic. By the time the third week rolls around, that same guy will be sleeping through the night as if nothing were going on. 6 months down the road, villagers will wonder why they haven't seen any of those Airbus fuselages come through lately. It will become a non-event to them, just as it already is to Airbus.TRLpilot said:and now they have to do it week after week after week. they showed the one guy upset in the small town the trucks passed through as the pieces made their way to the final assembling area. i would be too if every time they hauled a piece to the plant they had to squeeze through town and bring everything to a halt. can't they just build a loop around town? oh wait, they're french.
TonyC said:Inefficient? Well, let's look at it another way. The American way would be to tear down that bridge and build another (the first bridge the wing went OVER). The American way would be to dredge the river, jack up the bridge, and build a special barge for the wing traveling up the river. The American way would be to tear down the bridge along the river/canal and build another that would provide 20 feet of clearance on either side instead of 20 inches. The American way would be to displace the villagers into a cookie-cutter community 13 km off the transport route, or build a 25km bypass to miss the village entirely. Given that scenario, the parts would arrive at Toulouse in the same condition as they did with the original bridges untouched, the original roads undiverted, and through the original village unharmed. Just how efficient would THAT have been?
Yepp. That seems to be working real well for Boeing these days.minitour said:...pretty sure the "American Way" was to build a factory in the middle of nowhere and assemble the entire B747 there...jobs, jobs, jobs...oh...and we do it in MILES not KM...![]()
Tuchet (I'm assuming thats how its spelled)TonyC said:Yepp. That seems to be working real well for Boeing these days.
We do both - - have you heard of a 6.2 Mile race lately? Nope. Bet you've heard of a 10K, though.![]()
I am compelled by the irony here to offer help with the spelling.minitour said:Tuchet (I'm assuming thats how its spelled)
Again...I don't know what to say..."darn french?"TonyC said:I am compelled by the irony here to offer help with the spelling.
It's touché, a French word.![]()
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Nawww, thats just what MJ tells kids....minitour said:Tuchet =