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How would you say their cultures compliment each other? I would be interested to hear more concrete, and especially how it ends up when you mix them.
by Epa095 1y ago
How would you say their cultures compliment each other? I would be interested to hear more concrete, and especially how it ends up when you mix them.
- mettamage 1y agoSeconding this, I'm Dutch and I still struggle to see how they'd complement each other.
- hexbin010 1y agoWell that's just because you hate both the French and the Germans ;)
- xwolfi 1y agoIn France we're creative but sloppy, in Germany they care about the process too much but they don't deviate from plans. It's nice to have both: what's the point of following the plan if the entire project is pointless ? French people would challenge early and often, while germans would implement correctly and to the letter. I really feel we complement each other, each time I work with germans they fix my tendency to be quick and dirty and I push them to accelerate and take shortcuts when they make sense.
- mettamage 1y agoAh, I see! That's cool.
- n1b0m 1y agoFrench engineers were known for their willingness to embrace advanced, high-risk technologies to gain a decisive advantage in the aerospace market. French influence drove Airbus's early focus on understanding customer needs and adapting to market requirements. Early on, the company adopted English as its working language and U.S. measurements to appeal to a wider range of airline customers. German engineers brought a reputation for meticulous attention to detail, efficiency, and robust industrial processes, ensuring reliable and high-quality production. Germany's strong engineering foundation provided the technical discipline needed to standardize components and organize the complex cross-border manufacturing process.
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- thesumofall 1y agoYes. Also the way how internal collaboration works. A lot of focus on relationship building and pre-alignments vs a content-first approach („people will accept it if it’s just correct enough“). In any real-world situation that matters it will always take a bit of both
- mmooss 1y ago> Early on, the company adopted English as its working language and U.S. measurements to appeal to a wider range of airline customers. Airbus uses US measurements - i.e., not the metric system?
- neves 1y agoI'm speechless
- tim333 1y agoThey use SAE nuts and bolts. "Society of Automotive Engineers and refers to the system of inch-based fasteners used primarily in North America"
- mmooss 1y agoIs that the standard in the airline industry? For example, does Embraer use SAE too? Lockheed (I thought the US military used metric)?
- tim333 1y agoDunno. My info's from https://www.reddit.com/r/aviationmaintenance/comments/botlch/is_airbus_metric/ https://www.reddit.com/r/aviationmaintenance/comments/botlch... Update - google says Embraer uses SAE. Apparently Airbus helicopters are metric though.
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