Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Detroit Big Three suggestions

Unless the unions agree to substantial pay and benefits reductions, any fix will fail.
Suggestion: The unions should agree to immediately adopt the exact same wage
and benefits package as Toyota and Honda workers in the U.S. Anything short 
of this will not work and the big three products will not be price competative.

Second suggetion: Since Detroit seems to be incapable of producing a product
that will compete effectively within or outside of the United States, before federal
 money is pledged to bail them out, an indendent blue ribbon advisory board
should be created to approve every aspect of Detroit's product plans for
quality, competativeness and saleability. The "40 miles on one house charge
car" will be dead in the water before it is produced; scrap it. Start listening
to auto manufacturer staff members under 45 years old. It's time for the old
timers to play more golf. And I am 70 years old.

— Barry J, Miami