"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
Well,
Considering most production aircraft workers make from 10 to 15 bucks an
hour I don't see how you come up with 45 an hour. That makes a difference
to doesn't it ? I loved working production but you just made alot more
contracting,...so that's what I ending up doing. I made a whopping 12 an
hour building Gulfstream's, and as a team leader for McDonnell-Douglas I
made 17.65 an hour...most of my workers at McDonnell-Douglas made 9.99 an
hour to start. But they ranged in pay from 9.99 to around 15.00, according
to their experience and years at the company. Yes at McDonnell-Douglas we
had some great benefits....but a company just starting out will not be
able to deliver these until it is making money. And well it pretty much
ended up sealing Douglas's fate .

$45 an hour is probably a realistic cost once you consider that it costs
money to put a building over the worker's head, pay for lights, pay for
tools, pay for supervision, pay to heat/cool the building, etc. For
reference, what shop rate do you pay when someone works on your car? Here
in the Atlanta 'burbs, I pay $60 or so (IIRC) at the local Honda Dealer. The
independant guy charges about $50/hr. I'd say both of these are comparable
rates to the $45/hr mentioned for labor in the previous post.

KB