Car Guys vs Bean Counters by Bob Lutz
The battle for the soul of American Business

It's a great read so far. He is anti socialist apparently. "Many people on the left, otherwise perfectly smart, sincerely believe that the only reason socialism failed miserably everywhere it's been tried is that the wrong people were in charge."

421 pages...

Pretty interesting life he's had: http://www.airportjournals.com/Display.cfm?varID=0505007

"I saw an ad in Trade-a-Plane that International Jets had put in," Lutz recalled. "It had a picture of an L-39 and it said, 'Five in stock.' Two were already crossed off with red Xs, saying, 'Sold!' I thought, 'Whoa, I'd better hurry!' I told my wife, 'Look at this!' She said, 'Well, you know, if not you, who? And if not now, when?" So, we went down and got it."

The L-39 kept him contented until last year, when he decided to vary his recreational flying a little and bought the Alpha Jet, a jet fighter. Lutz estimates that between the L-39, the Alpha Jet and his helicopter, he'll probably be averaging about 180 hours a year.

"Before, I was getting about 100 odd hours in the L-39," he said. I don't think it can be possible to fly twice as much. It will probably be 80 hours in the helicopter, 50 in the L-39 and 50 in the Alpha Jet."

He used to buzz the GM tech center all the time.

We need more Bob Lutzes.

I fear GM is going to relapse without him, he is a badass.

The obama bailout people made him leave, so is that going to be a indicator of their future once they milk the current investments?

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