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Skip,
Is the $50/hr rate you mention the AirCrafters rate?  If so, please keep in
mind that AirCrafters is up north in the very high-rent, high-tech area of
our beautiful state.  In addition to the higher real estate costs up there
they have to deal with higher labor costs... as you know, the closer we get
to the Mexico border (and you are pretty close) the easier it gets to find
cheap labor.

I'm sure your local shop does great work, and the $28/hr cost you quote is
amazing... you must be in heaven.  However I would argue that AirCrafters is
cheap also considering where they are and the staff they have.  The last
time I was up there I met two of their mechanics who were (as I remember the
story) a few of the key personnel that set up Lancair's manufacturing
facility and they know the Lancair inside and out.  That kind of experience
in the Silicon Valley is cheap at $50/hr.
Allen Rockwell
R&D Technical Services

----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip Slater" <skipslater@earthlink.net>
To: "List Lancair" <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: Lancair Builders Camp

> Awhile back I commented on the shop where I'm building my ES in the San
> Diego area.  For the benefit of new list subscribers, I think it bears
,,SNIP>
owner is
> Jake Ore and he's on Marv's list of builder assist shops.  His phone
number
> is 619-449-6251.
>    Skip Slater

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