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Culture problem as we hire people of a generation who were not educated or engrained with responsibility they avoid doing the right thing and this happens.

bigbillheck 3y ago
The only cultural problem is in management.
agubelu 3y ago
Yes, because no catastrophic defects have been present in airliners in the past 50 years.
terminous 3y ago
Get this generationalist BS out of here. It isn't supported by the facts. Airline safety has improved with each generation. There were many more plane crashes in the 1970s-1980s when boomers were in their prime. Five times as many!
- pixl97 3y ago
  Heh, I remember back then when they said "Airplane crashes come in threes", while I don't think that's exactly true, the number of large fatal crashes was much higher.
fulladder 3y ago
I don't think it's generational per se, but I've noticed a declining level of concern for safety in product design compared to even like 20 years ago. I think people got used to the idea that everything is generally very safe and now there's less of an emphasis, so given enough time we'll start seeing dangerous products again and the cycle will start anew.
plagiarist 3y ago
I agree. We need way younger CEOs (and legislators!). This current crop is perfectly fine rushing QA to ship defective products as long as it lines their own pockets. In industries where failures won't directly kill people they actually plan the obsolescence to happen. Leadership from a more environmentally-conscious and empathetic Gen Z would definitely have safer products that last longer.
- Sparkyte 3y ago
  Also an issue, short term success does not equal long term success. Lots of people in the c-suite management are short sighted making 1 year goals and not more. For example a company of 400 people laying off vital talent is literally shooting themselves in the foot. If I was a CEO I would take a cut till I could course correct. Losing talent with a layoff is way more expensive. You end up paying three to six months for that talent to not work. This is a huge problem.

bigbillheck 3y ago

The only cultural problem is in management.

agubelu 3y ago

Yes, because no catastrophic defects have been present in airliners in the past 50 years.

terminous 3y ago

Get this generationalist BS out of here. It isn't supported by the facts. Airline safety has improved with each generation. There were many more plane crashes in the 1970s-1980s when boomers were in their prime. Five times as many!

pixl97 3y ago
Heh, I remember back then when they said "Airplane crashes come in threes", while I don't think that's exactly true, the number of large fatal crashes was much higher.

fulladder 3y ago

I don't think it's generational per se, but I've noticed a declining level of concern for safety in product design compared to even like 20 years ago. I think people got used to the idea that everything is generally very safe and now there's less of an emphasis, so given enough time we'll start seeing dangerous products again and the cycle will start anew.

plagiarist 3y ago

I agree. We need way younger CEOs (and legislators!). This current crop is perfectly fine rushing QA to ship defective products as long as it lines their own pockets. In industries where failures won't directly kill people they actually plan the obsolescence to happen. Leadership from a more environmentally-conscious and empathetic Gen Z would definitely have safer products that last longer.

Sparkyte 3y ago
Also an issue, short term success does not equal long term success. Lots of people in the c-suite management are short sighted making 1 year goals and not more. For example a company of 400 people laying off vital talent is literally shooting themselves in the foot. If I was a CEO I would take a cut till I could course correct. Losing talent with a layoff is way more expensive. You end up paying three to six months for that talent to not work. This is a huge problem.