I think Gary is gone from the business.

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 20:59:39 GMT, "Dude" wrote:


You are listing their successes and saying they are not making any mistakes.
That doesn't hold any water. The mistakes they make today could easily be
their downfall in the future, and the big one is pride.

They were late on the G1000 and have been late on almost everything else
recently, yet you would not know it from the way they act as a company.
Frankly, if you meet with them for very long, you will find they pretty much
all think their excrement doesn't smell bad. The attitude is that Garmin is
God's gift to GA. I have seen plenty of companies the size of Garmin get
smacked upside the head for having that attitude at this stage of the game.

I have heard plenty of complaints from their customers not being happy with
the level of support or even the attitude they get when they call. OTOH, I
do still hear positive comments about the same things. The problem is that
when you PO an owner, he may never give you the chance to P him O again.

Old Gar and Min better figure out a way to feed those kids humble pie this
christmas and get them back on the ball. Otherwise, a couple other guys who
no one ever heard of may "own" this business in ten or twelve years.

Just because Cessna has gotten away with aggravating everyone in the
business doesn't mean they can get away with it.