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If you want your safety complaint to do any good, it needs to be specific and actionable. Something like "Power bus C has unexplained overvoltage events durin

If you want your safety complaint to do any good, it needs to be specific and actionable. Something like "Power bus C has unexplained overvoltage events during startup" or "Welds on PN123 were not x-rayed correctly" or "These o-rings become too stiff and stop sealing below 45f" A general complaint about working conditions may make you feel absolved when the rocket blows up, but it will not prevent the rocket from blowing up.

toss1 5y ago
True, but coming from a harsh & strict NDA environment, it's not so easy to be that specific without revealing clues to your identity. And if you aren't prepared to go the full whistle-blower route, best avoided (or make the general assertion here & be specific in a private communication to the FAA, NASA, etc.) .
- dharmab 5y ago
  Also working in aerospace- HN community does not understand how strictly information has to be controlled. In many cases you are subject to criminal penalties (e.g. export controls) Sorry about your downvotes.
  - toss1 5y ago
    Thx, & Yup Aerospace (I work in that industry too) is VERY strict about information control, and a wide variety of info is unclassified, but designated as 'Controlled Unclassified Information' - 'CUI'. There is a whole system of qualifications to even access CUI, along with requirements for it's handling. We must even check a database to verify whether any supplier, partner, or customer has the required qualifications to broadcast it, and there are serious penalties for breaching it. If Blue Origin is doing any DOD work, a lot of their technology will fall under this classification. Broadcasting even descriptions of it to the general public would be a serious violation, and really stupid in this instance, as the soon-to-be-former employer will also be pushing for your prosecution. But unfortunately, HN is not immune to postings with less information and more attitude.
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toss1 5y ago

True, but coming from a harsh & strict NDA environment, it's not so easy to be that specific without revealing clues to your identity. And if you aren't prepared to go the full whistle-blower route, best avoided (or make the general assertion here & be specific in a private communication to the FAA, NASA, etc.) .

dharmab 5y ago
Also working in aerospace- HN community does not understand how strictly information has to be controlled. In many cases you are subject to criminal penalties (e.g. export controls) Sorry about your downvotes.
- toss1 5y ago
  Thx, & Yup Aerospace (I work in that industry too) is VERY strict about information control, and a wide variety of info is unclassified, but designated as 'Controlled Unclassified Information' - 'CUI'. There is a whole system of qualifications to even access CUI, along with requirements for it's handling. We must even check a database to verify whether any supplier, partner, or customer has the required qualifications to broadcast it, and there are serious penalties for breaching it. If Blue Origin is doing any DOD work, a lot of their technology will fall under this classification. Broadcasting even descriptions of it to the general public would be a serious violation, and really stupid in this instance, as the soon-to-be-former employer will also be pushing for your prosecution. But unfortunately, HN is not immune to postings with less information and more attitude.

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