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I work for a competitor to Boeing as a senior integration and test engineer as one of several final approvers of flight assemblies before they leave for final i

I work for a competitor to Boeing as a senior integration and test engineer as one of several final approvers of flight assemblies before they leave for final integration and packaging prior to flight and I can’t tighten a bolt without scanning the QR code on the handle of the wrench to log its use or reposition a benchtop power supply four inches to the left to make more space without requesting a variance. If a board makes it from SMT to testing, or from testing to integration, or from anywhere to anywhere else with even a fingerprint on it a nonconformance is logged and it gets kicked back. That’s like 9100D 101. The thought of stamping or initialing something I am unsure of is a literal impossibility and the report says it is happening all of the god damned time at Boeing. I cannot for the life of me understand what’s going on over there.

ProllyInfamous 2y ago
>I cannot for the life of me understand what’s going on over there. Allow me to speculate, off the record (observing through spouse), of a soon-to-be lawsuit which will be used to remove the most-dangerous company from an undisclosed industry (less than a few ten-thousand customers): It's about money, corporate takeover, money, "efficiency," money, green, money, safety third, money, because fuck them that's why, money, $$$, money... This is my uneducated third-party opinion — I have no personal stake in my above observations.
- guga42k 2y ago
  >it's about money, corporate takeover, money, "efficiency," money, green, money, safety third, money, because fuck them that's why, money, $$$, money... let me rephrase a bit. It is all about shareholders and how to make more money for them. Every single quarter. and if the CEO is not aligned with these values she will be replaced by new one. Not all CEOs are greedy bastards but the whole system is designed to eliminate every single person who cares about something else except short term returns for the shareholders. So good CEOs are out and bad CEOs are in. Survival of the fittest as it is.

ProllyInfamous 2y ago

>I cannot for the life of me understand what’s going on over there. Allow me to speculate, off the record (observing through spouse), of a soon-to-be lawsuit which will be used to remove the most-dangerous company from an undisclosed industry (less than a few ten-thousand customers): It's about money, corporate takeover, money, "efficiency," money, green, money, safety third, money, because fuck them that's why, money, $$$, money... This is my uneducated third-party opinion — I have no personal stake in my above observations.

guga42k 2y ago
>it's about money, corporate takeover, money, "efficiency," money, green, money, safety third, money, because fuck them that's why, money, $$$, money... let me rephrase a bit. It is all about shareholders and how to make more money for them. Every single quarter. and if the CEO is not aligned with these values she will be replaced by new one. Not all CEOs are greedy bastards but the whole system is designed to eliminate every single person who cares about something else except short term returns for the shareholders. So good CEOs are out and bad CEOs are in. Survival of the fittest as it is.