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Im actually surprised they wouldnt bid that out. Im sure a lot of higher seniority people would love to go over there.

They still have that plastered throughout the plants. In reality its more like job #3 or 4 depending on how well the line is running.

bottom 120 is what my committeeman told me.

FCA incorporated an incentive into their 2015 contract that gives bonuses to hourly workers based on quality. It blew my mind that neither GM or Ford carried that over.

Heres the process in a nutshell as they currently operate: Why is the line stopped? Theres a problem with ______ Well get the line moving, whatever you have to do They dont bother fixing the problem because that takes too much time. They live and die by that almighty production number. The other part of the problem is that most people in management have NO CLUE how these cars are built. I once heard a production manager (literally the guy running the whole plant at the time) ask if we could run with out front subframes because we were running low. Just last week we had an issue where we got door panels that didnt match with the rest of the interior. Everything was correct on my end (numbers matched, color matched what was on the build sheet) but the rest of the interior was tan when it shouldnt have been. The guy who came and asked us about it didnt even know that the doors on door line arent the same from one side to the other, theyre offset by 11 (meaning my side of the line is 11 cars ahead from the other). So ok yeah I guess its a failure in process after all....

Showing 2 Mustangs, both unscheduled-clean status which means they've been accepted and are valid orders waiting on scheduling.

Its not the process. They dont have the problem Im referring to on day shift. Its one guy not doing his job and nobody holding him accountable for it.

Strongly disagree. I have a perfect example but Im not about to screw myself over because I stopped complaining about it 2 years ago. Nothing was being done to fix the problem I was bringing attention to.

Thats quite the overstatement

I have no idea what thats supposed to mean If youre implying Im a shitty worker then get bent. My record speaks for itself.

Of course they would say that, theyre not trying to sell the competition They do that accidentally

The platforms themselves are fine, its everything that sits on top of it.

COTUS is unfinished and totally unreliable Post your order number and dealer code (preferably in a new thread) and I can track it for you.

Nope, not once. In fact, Ive noticed since his appointment to CEO the amount of end of line inspectors (at least at my plant) has gone down. Theyre nearly nonexistent now. I think thats my new major bitch above cost cutting.

Or a Fusion solves the problem too. Ive honestly never really liked the Crown Vic or any of its siblings.

Malibu, Cruze, and for some reason, Spark https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2018/04/06/chevrolet-updates-malibu-cruze-spark/33588121/

Im almost 29, its really hard for me to get out of the back seat of my Focus after strapping the little one into the car seat. The door opening is just so small.

I really dont like the idea that a crossover is free of compromises. Every class of vehicle has compromises when you compare them, crossovers just generally have the fewest.

its been a tradition in the auto industry forever. No idea why it started. Probably some pissing contest among the big 3 back in the day.

Figuring in shipping and manufacturing costs, I tend to believe they are about the same in cost

I think we all did. Not sure how that one started

They didnt have the doors open at NAIAS and the demo units they had on display for us at the plant had the doors locked, but the back seat on the super crew looks to be somewhere around the size of an Escape. The back seat of the crew cab I would say is no bigger than a Fiesta

I had to sit in those as a kid growing up. Even then I thought they were a safety hazard. I still cant believe my parents ever put us in them.

Thats incredibly convoluted and expensive.