Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Cessna LSA, made in China.

> > A LOT more goes into the production cost than just the $25 an hour
> > the assemblers make. When I was building airplanes as a member of the
> > same union (IAMAW) the company paid me ~$30/hr and charged the customer
> > ~$150/hr for my services.
> > > Rick
> >
> >
> > Thanks for setting me straight.
> > I imagined it would be possible to make LSAs in USA,
> > selling them at 120k, and making 10k to 20k profit.
> > If we can't do that, we'll need to be grateful
> > to the Chinese Folk for helping us out.
> > Mike
>
>
> You're welcome Mike.
> But I don't know if it's "setting you straight". More like pointing out
> some realities gleaned through experience instead of speculatin'.
>
> In your earlier post you had said:
> "If there's 400 man-hours in each airplane, at $15/hr that's $6000.
> (5% of the cost of the plane)
> ? Cessna couldn't afford $6000 labor for each airplane?"
>
> And you would be right IF there were only 400 hours of assembly @ only
> $15 an hour.
> Unfortunately (or maybe FORTUNATELY if you work for an aircraft
> manufacturer here in the USA) there is a LOT more invlved.
>
> BUT.... If YOU would like to teach me how to fly Trikes for $15 and NOT
> charge me for the cost of YOUR trike, I might be willing to accept!!!
> ;)
> Cheers,
> Rick

It's okay Rick, I got your message before.
You estimated the Cessna LSA needs 1000 man-hours, and these men (or women)
would need to earn 25/hour, and allowing for overheads that would be 100/hr,
therefore,
total cost of labor for building each Cessna LSA in America would be $100k,
hence the need for them to build it in China, saving themselves $71k per plane.

Mike

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