02-17-2016, 05:43 PM
Bombardier has a long story of playing with public opinion to create political support. For example they enter a bid for a rail project and then a few months later announce that the production facilities in the country will be shut down because of lack of contracts. The government involved then rushes to skew the bidding contract in their favour. This is an important reason why they have assembly plants in so many different countries, so they can play this game. I wonder how many of those 7k cuts will actually happen if they don't get a bailout from the Feds. My guess is way less than half and nearly none in the railway division. After all they had already prepped the rail division for sale, why firings now?