C Series Info
02-09-2018, 07:19 AM
#2291
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https://www.usitc.gov/investigations...nada/final.htm
Looks like the written views won't be released until the 13th of Feb. So no news on delivery until the lawyers look over the written views next week.
Looks like the written views won't be released until the 13th of Feb. So no news on delivery until the lawyers look over the written views next week.
02-09-2018, 08:19 AM
#2292
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It completely backfired. The company set up in CHS had so many problems that Boeing was forced to buy it...they couldn't fix the QC problems. The overall cost to Boeing from the CHS decision was very, very high.
02-09-2018, 05:21 PM
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I’d bet they set up an FAL in Mobile for CS300s. Airbus brings supply chain cost efficiencies (read: cheaper than betting on BBD future) and cheaper labor costs. There can’t be a more expensive labor area than Quebec. For BBD, there was no benefits to a US production line and lots of political downside. They looked at several US locations, but even some test was done at YMX rather than ICT. The YMX cafeteria isn’t worth it.
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02-10-2018, 04:26 AM
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Perhaps because extra production lines are very expensive to build... especially for a program that has only garnered a few hundred orders.
02-10-2018, 04:59 AM
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02-10-2018, 06:22 AM
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Except, as I understand, BBD has already invested in much of the tooling. YMX is, at this point, only half built out, but long lead items are ordered. Airbus owns a ton of space purchased for the US tanker program.
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02-10-2018, 01:50 PM
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Recall that a “mystery” European customer has up to 61 CSeries on order/option (happened just before the Airbus investment) and Air Canada has 40-60 CS300s on order. Added production capacity would benefit everyone in terms of accelerated deliveries (or at least on-time deliveries considering the recent P&W engine delays)...
Last edited by David Puddy; 02-10-2018 at 02:13 PM.
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