(07-29-2015, 10:46 PM)DHLawrence Wrote: All the same place - Bombardier's plant in Thunder Bay. They also build GO's bilevels. They certainly aren't filling anyone with confidence with this project.
And yet the Bi-Level coaches keep rolling off the line from that very same plant with no issue - in fact, all the new cab cars are quietly going into service with no media fanfare - because nobody cares when things go right. And, 98% of the time, they go right.
The problems in Mexico are already fixed. They were fixed months ago. This isn't news - this is more sensationalist media drama and TTC trying to push the blame for their poor service onto someone else. Bombardier is a bit behind, and are catching up - but not at the pace that the TTC is happy with. Threatening to omit Bombardier from future orders is the stupidest thing they could do. What motivation have they got to do a good job on this order if they know TTC is going to cut them out from future orders? The fault is squarely on the TTC for not building in a better penalty clause - and now they're trying to make up for it.
I am so sick and tired of everyone crapping all over Bombardier. They make the best rail product out there, period, and are going to deliver in Waterloo region, too.
And let me just reiterate something, because it seems to get lost a lot here (and in the news) - There is absolutely zero reason to believe that our trains are behind schedule, or will be behind schedule. They have not started building them yet. The issues around Flexity Outlook are resolved for TTC's order.