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Re:Bombardier to Cut 7,500 More Jobs Through 2018, Most in Rail by alistairSH on Friday October 21, 2016 @01:33PM (#12762584)
In the case of aerospace, the jobs are frequently high-skill, high-pay blue-collar. That type of job is quickly disappearing in N. America. So, even though the absolute numbers might be small for any given event, the sum of the losses has a noticeable impact on the economy.
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Re:Bombardier to Cut 7,500 More Jobs Through 2018, Most in Rail by forgetsusername on Friday October 21, 2016 @03:03PM (#12763529)
>the sum of the losses has a noticeable impact on the economy

I get what you're saying, but...does it? If I look at global real GDP, we're going along, business as usual.

As the OP says, jobs are gained and lost on a much greater scale, monthly. There's a reason that jobs are being shed at this particular company, and it isn't because we no longer need transportation infrastructure. Bombardier is out, Tesla is in.

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Re:Bombardier to Cut 7,500 More Jobs Through 2018, Most in Rail by iamatworknow on Friday October 21, 2016 @03:13PM (#12763632)
>Bombardier is out, Tesla is in.

Pump the brakes there. The next time you ride the subway or take a commuter flight you won't be riding on a Tesla train car or aircraft. I get that the average HN visitor is enamored with Elon and Tesla, but c'mon now.

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Re:Bombardier to Cut 7,500 More Jobs Through 2018, Most in Rail by forgetsusername on Saturday October 22, 2016 @06:17AM (#12768118)
>Pump the brakes there.

My point is, Bombardier fires and across the map Tesla hires.

I'm the furthest thing from a Tesla pumper if you are so inclined as to look at my comment history.

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Re:Bombardier to Cut 7,500 More Jobs Through 2018, Most in Rail by paulddraper on Friday October 21, 2016 @11:40PM (#12767023)
The next time I ride in a spaceship it won't be in a Bombardier one.

;)

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Re:Bombardier to Cut 7,500 More Jobs Through 2018, Most in Rail by tajen on Friday October 21, 2016 @05:04PM (#12764798)
Tesla has 14,000 employees today, expects to hire 6,000 more in the Gigafactory 1.
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