[DugwayDuke]

"henry Ford was not producing cars he was producing automobiles for the mass market. Boeing is producing planes for the mass market? The model T ford was not the primary cab when it was introduced and horse drawn cabs were really the norm at the time he was coming up with the assemby line production for his automobiles."

No, Boeing doesn't produce airplanes for the mass market. It produces airliners to sell to airlines who sell tickets to ride on the airplanes made by Boeing. You're the one who implied that companies should pay wages so it's employes could buy it's product. Now, you're trying to change Boeing's product from airliners to seats in the airliner. Nice try, but this is a bad argument.

"I note Ford was not the first to introduce assembly line production as this was done in the gun business well before Ford started his business."

I never said he invented the process, I said his "stroke of genius" was to apply this concept to auto production.

[harpseal]

Whatever you say the fact is Henry ford was producing automobiules for a market that did not exist and he helped create by paying what ta the time were high wages. Boeing has a self interest in paying workers good wages because such wages support an American economy that allows the airlines to afford their planes.