Sounds like Ford's #1 problem is failure to train its engineers, in how to design reasonably maintainable vehicles.
>> He noted, for example, learning to take a diesel engine out of a Ford Super Duty truck takes at least five years.
>> The current system is not meeting the standard, he added.
I fully agree with your opinion .... but this guy's quote is bizarre.
What system is failing to meet the 5-years-to-learn-how-to-remove-one-particular-engine standard?
High school trades? Community college? Private $xx,000 high-debt mechanic school?
None of these are remotely capable of teaching Ford's hyper-narrow specialization. Trying to would be a disaster.
Not Applicable. If it somehow took an engineering degree to toast a Pop-Tart, the "failing to meet" would have nothing whatsoever to do with any education system for engineers.
EDIT: On another read...I'd say the bizarre quote is just Farley desperately trying to throw the blame somewhere, somewhere far away from where it belongs - with him and Ford.
My 2010 Mercedes had headlight bulbs that died frequently. But there was no way for a human to reach in and replace them, without either some special tool or disassembling a bunch of stuff at the front of the car. Just one example. You can find many similar complaints elsewhere.
I replaced that VW with a Honda in 2010, and will never buy another "German Engineering" car.
HN discussion of related article - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45500699
Because there's no way those jobs are 6 figures at the dealerships when automakers and dealers push fixed-fee services and severely underrate the hours required.
TimorousBestie•1h ago
So put your money where your mouth is and open your own trade school? If someone as incompetent and corrupt as Falwell can open and operate Liberty University, then why can’t CEO Farley?
WarOnPrivacy•48m ago
I'm guessing it involves some front-end expense - which (like all business expenses) are at odds with shareholder wishes.
TimorousBestie•35m ago
He can easily finance a small trade school as a pilot project on his own, without shareholder approval.
So does he think it has ROI or no?
signatoremo•17m ago