Hee hee hee. Jeff S. managed to work into the SAME sentence "planes" and the phrase, "good investments."

With a "no longer" in between.

(I was never in the market when aircraft actually appreciated, but I hear it was a hayday. It was all lollipops and puppy dogs. )

It's not the fact that manufacturing in Mexico is a bad idea in itself....it's the preception. Cessna is way behind in their market position with Cirrus, and having one more negative perception to overcome is not going to help them.

If they reduce their costs and bring a significant price reduction to their customers, then it has a chance, but it doesn't appear like that's going to happen.

Globalization is driven by bringing benefit to the consumer. Where's the benefit?

I agree. So far as I can tell, Cessna is outsourcing the work to Mexico but raising prices. Well, I guess Boeing is doing the same thing. Wait ... was that a 787 that just flew past my window? Oh, no, I suppose not, just a seagull.

The term "3rd world" country is the phrase I imagine being thrown by competition to box Cessna in a corner, rather than my personal opinion of whether a Mexican facility is capable or worthy of the task.