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<blockquote data-quote="SDMF" data-source="post: 435413" data-attributes="member: 412">Moving to automation isn't a &quot;light-switch&quot; transition.&nbsp; Automation of ports is going to be a situation very much like building a plane while you're flying it.&nbsp; The port has to continue to operate and upgrade @ the same time.If the Longshoreman's union had a leader that was 180 degrees opposed to their current leader.&nbsp; A person who embraced and welcomed automation, I don't know, but, I suspect it'd still take 2-3 6yr contract cycles to do things right.That current Longshoreman union leader telling the world he's going to shut down the E and Golf-coast ports unless his demands 100% against automation are met makes him the guy that &quot;America Loves to Hate.&quot;.&nbsp; What if that guy was on TV saying:&nbsp; &quot;We're going to automate the ports on a safe schedule.&nbsp; Along the way, we're also going to be steadily increasing the human security presence screening incoming cargo.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Additionally, we're going to lower freight transit times.&quot;He'd be taking a position that even the most staunch union detractor would have a hard time arguing against.It took me longer to write the above than it did to conceptualize the ideas.&nbsp; There's plenty of people with a deeper understanding of port operations who could write an exponentially more compelling story of cooperation rather than obstruction.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SDMF, post: 435413, member: 412"] Moving to automation isn't a "light-switch" transition. Automation of ports is going to be a situation very much like building a plane while you're flying it. The port has to continue to operate and upgrade @ the same time. If the Longshoreman's union had a leader that was 180 degrees opposed to their current leader. A person who embraced and welcomed automation, I don't know, but, I suspect it'd still take 2-3 6yr contract cycles to do things right. That current Longshoreman union leader telling the world he's going to shut down the E and Golf-coast ports unless his demands 100% against automation are met makes him the guy that "America Loves to Hate.". What if that guy was on TV saying: "We're going to automate the ports on a safe schedule. Along the way, we're also going to be steadily increasing the human security presence screening incoming cargo." "Additionally, we're going to lower freight transit times." He'd be taking a position that even the most staunch union detractor would have a hard time arguing against. It took me longer to write the above than it did to conceptualize the ideas. There's plenty of people with a deeper understanding of port operations who could write an exponentially more compelling story of cooperation rather than obstruction. [/QUOTE]

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