Yeah, I'm a pilot and I've built a couple of experimentals. The number of individual parts that go into something like my little Europa is staggering, not to mention the effort it took to build it. I can't imagine what it takes to keep up with the parts to build a 747, much less try to source them, then assemble that massive amount of parts into something that will enable you to commit aviation. With that in mind it's a bit disconcerting to think that now a good portion of that process is going to be handed over to the Chinese. The old Boeing moniker might change to "If it is Boeing, I ain't going"
The unions certainly are one large cog in the wheel, and no doubt the Dims are pulling out all the stops to save the unions. Union membership has been in steep decline for several decades and the Dims are clearly trying to stem that. However, you have to ask yourself "what side is the gubmint on?" when they levy 42% corporate tax rates, plus nonsense like Sarbanes-Oxley, and some of the more ridiculous OSHA regulations on companies trying to compete in the world market. It's one thing if everyone in the game is playing by the same rules, but that isn't the case in the global market, courtesy of Uncle Sugar. It's hard to tell if it's a well coordinated effort to run business off shore, or if it's stupidity run amok on the part of our elected "leaders".....
Well said.
I do believe that the elite ruling class truly believes that building products of any kind for sale is immoral.
They envision a world where everyone lives in a small space and quietly tends a garden, growing vegetables for their consumption, interspersed with reading intellectual tomes and participating in discussions about said tomes.
Peace, man.......