Profits were thin, and the unions stood in the way of hiring younger men and women who could operate new, computerized presses.
After Grumman and its subcontractors laid off tens of thousands of workers, she added, "quite a lot of Long Island machinists chose to retire and go down to Florida rather than learn how to operate the computerized equipment".
Now they are looking to hire people who can operate sophisticated computerized machinery, follow complex blueprints and demonstrate higher math proficiency than was previously required of the typical assembly line worker.
Although classic cars requiring mechanical repair remain, today's cars operate using computerized and electronic systems.
In another chamber, Basha operates a computerized model of the Temple Mount.
It has affiliated with Lux Hotels, a Los Angeles-based company that operates a computerized reservation system for similar hotels.
Although parimutuel wagering is a smaller part of its business, Scientific Games claims a 65percentt share of that market, which entails operating the computerized systems at thoroughbred racetracks and off-site wagering locations.
In the early 1970's in San Francisco, for example, just after the system began operating, a computerized train derailed when its brakes failed, eroding ridership and confidence in the wonders of transit automation for years.
Instead of building a second floor, said Ananth Madhavan, managing director of ITG, which operates a computerized trading system that competes with the Big Board, the stock exchange should follow the lead of foreign competitors and move trading to an electronic network that would be essentially impervious to physical attack.
Present work aimed at developing, testing and operating a computerized prototype machine for performing cold plastic torsion tests.
