A Look Inside Airbus’s Alabama Assembly Line
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A Look Inside Airbus’s Alabama Assembly Line
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#2https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/05/07/magazine/07airbus...
"Beware of propeller" seems like a strange name for a ship :)
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#3https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/05/07/magazine/07airbus... "Beware of propeller" seems like a strange name for a ship :)
It would make a splendid Culture ship name!
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#4https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/05/07/magazine/07airbus... "Beware of propeller" seems like a strange name for a ship :)
The real name is actually painted at the top. It's BBC Volga [1]. Currently in the Bahamas.
1: https://www.vesselfinder.com/de/vessels/BBC-VOLGA-IMO-943632...
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#5https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/05/07/magazine/07airbus... "Beware of propeller" seems like a strange name for a ship :)
The real name is actually painted at the top. It's BBC Volga [1]. Currently in the Bahamas. 1: https://www.vesselfinder.com/de/vessels/BBC-VOLGA-IMO-943632...
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Re: A Look Inside Airbus’s Alabama Assembly Line
#6> Almost a third of American factory workers now hold four-year college degrees, a trend that reflects the increasingly cerebral nature of the work.
Wow.
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#7Looking at those pictures I wonder how assembly, from unloading cargo to final testing, could be fully automated. I came to think that until we automate automation it will be quite hard. Humans with assist of tools are flexible enough - especially on this scale.
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#8> Almost a third of American factory workers now hold four-year college degrees, a trend that reflects the increasingly cerebral nature of the work. Wow.
Im waiting for "one third of factory jobs require a four-year degree" before getting to excites about cerebral natures. There are a great number of people with degrees out there. I want to see that the jobs require the education to do the work, not that market forces mean that unnecessary degrees make an applicant more competative.
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#9Fascinating to see something made not in China, and even the components don't come from there.
(I realize they also do assembly and produce some components in China too.)
Re: A Look Inside Airbus’s Alabama Assembly Line
#10Looking at those pictures I wonder how assembly, from unloading cargo to final testing, could be fully automated. I came to think that until we automate automation it will be quite hard. Humans with assist of tools are flexible enough - especially on this scale.
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