[AT] OT shifting blame

[Mark Johnson]

This is a crying shame; Airstream historically has had one of the best 
quality reputations in the RV business. Unfortunately, in today's 
Robber-Baron environment, it's not a big surprise.

Mark J

Columbia, MO

On 2/26/2019 9:02 PM, deanvp at att.net wrote:
>
> Cecil,
>
> Interesting observations.  That I have no argument with but one 
> comment woke me up.
>
> “ Airstream trailers was bought by Beatrice foods, then sold to Thor 
> Corporation. “”” manufacturer of air tools”””      As far as I know 
> Thor Corporation that bought Airstream is the largest RV Manufacturer 
> in the US with a large variety of brands. I’m not aware of them being 
> into air tools.  Did I miss something?  BTW, in line with your 
> discussion…. Airstream had a pretty good reputation for quality, 
> however since the Thor manufacturing policies have been instituted the 
> Airstream Quality has steadily declined noticeably.   Thor’s primary 
> focus is to strip the costs out of the RV, focus on producing more 
> units faster at less cost and selling sizzle rather than substance. 
> Thor’s stock has steadily declined and IMHO the Thor management is 
> trying to squeeze every dime out of the multiple brands before 
> abandoning them and sailing off in the sunset with their ill-gotten 
> gains.  Just look into Markus Lemonis and what he and his minions are 
> really doing at Thor. It is sickening.  The RV industry has a poor 
> reputation for quality products. Markus is driving that quality 
> reputation to new lows.
>
> Dean VP
>
> Apache junction, AZ
>
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