GMCforum
For enthusiast of the Classic GMC Motorhome built from 1973 to 1978. A web-based mirror of the GMCnet mailing list.
Home » Public Forums » GMCnet » [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step
Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step [message #268415 is a reply to message #268413] Sun, 28 December 2014 07:21 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
USAussie is currently offline  USAussie   United States
Messages: 15912
Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Karma:
Senior Member
Ken,

My first overseas assignment as a Field Rep. was Paris; I covered Airbus, "watching" the French, Germans, and British "work"
together was "interesting."

Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Burton

I once worked on a project in France on an unannounced product. It was about the size of a refrigerator and would sell for $200,000
to $700,000 a copy depending on features installed and country requirements. Multiple "refrigerators" could be attached together
for more capacity if necessary. Each position inside the "refrigerator" had two cards (front and back). The front provided the
functionality and the rear adapted it for each country's telephony and communication requirements. All of the engineers on the
machine resided in the same location but they never talked to each other. When they wnat to be stubborn the would claim to not
speak English.

I and 2 others from around the world showed up and we were suppose to put the finished product through it's paces and write
implementation manuals. Each card was designed and programmed by a different Engineer. Nothing worked together. We spent the
entire 6 months testing applications, looking up individual engineers, explaining problems in English to French engineers, and
getting the interoperability problems resolved. We never got a single implementation manual written. Another crew later came in
and wrote the manuals. I later returned to "Americanize" their English written manuals.

I learned on a previous similar assignment at a US site that engineers only look at their assigned piece and seldom look at the
completed project as a whole. This France assignment was no different. One engineer can design a starter but he is not worried
about where the power comes from to run it. That responsibility belongs to someone else.
--
Ken

_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist

Regards, Rob M. (USAussie) The Pedantic Mechanic Sydney, Australia '75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428 '75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426

Report message to a moderator

[Message index]
 
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Previous Topic: GMC Logo Light Insert for 2 Inch Receiver
Next Topic: Heater hose tee leaking
Goto Forum:
  


Current Time: Tue Sep 24 13:54:51 CDT 2024

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.00556 seconds
.:: Contact :: Home ::.

Powered by: FUDforum 3.1.1.
Copyright ©2001-2021 FUDforum Bulletin Board Software