Stranded Starliner astronauts are finally coming home... next year

[McRuff]

Just another day in the world of Boeing DEI hires messing up everything they touch.

I am confused, the issue with Boeing is a well known management issue. Often blamed on the MBA culture and cost cutting to improve returns to shareholders instead of having an engineering focus. Are you saying the Board are DEI hires?

 

[McRuff]

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to connect the dots when Boeing's sudden lack of trained and experienced workers coincides with it establishing a DEI push that values the "diversity" of a worker and the "inclusion and equity" of hiring them as much or more than they do the worker's actual competence.

You are blaming workers because Boeing too cut costs have been forcing out experienced engineers and replacing them with lower trained and paid workers?

Then using huge powers of your big brain to blame DEI instead of the normal the line must go up management.

Boeing has been in trouble for years with numerous scandals because of their poor management focus on profits above all else. It has nothing to do with DEI programs. At the end of the day management are entirely responsible for who they hire and how they are trained.

 

[Endymio]

You are blaming workers because Boeing too cut costs have been forcing out experienced engineers and replacing them with lower trained and paid workers?

Why spread disinformation? The employees referenced in that report are all members of Boeing's 32,000-strong union -- the machinists, mechanics, assemblers, QA inspectors -- and have never experienced a pay cut in 30 years. And by union contract, Boeing is not allowed to "replace them with lower paid" workers.

When you judge workers by race and gender rather than merit, performance suffers. Period. At Boeing, it doesn't just affect hiring, but promotions and firings as well, as these may negatively affect Boeing's all-important annual DEI statistics.

And it isn't just the union employees affected. In 2021, Boeing changed from awarding executives bonuses based on passenger safety and build quality to rewarding them if they hit DEI targets. Anyone who denies the obvious results of that policy shouldn't be allowed near sharp objects, much less a voting booth.

 

[McRuff]

Anyone who denies the obvious results of that policy shouldn't be allowed near sharp objects, much less a voting booth.

Well your so called obvious is just your confirmation bias as it it what you want to believe. It means nothing unless you have evidence. Do you have any?

But at least we are in agreement that it is a management issue.

 

[FaTaL]

BOEINGs new slogan:
Build Optionless Evac In No Gravity

 

[Endymio]

Well your so called obvious is just your confirmation bias ... It means nothing unless you have evidence. Do you have any?

I gave it to you. When you select new hires to speak French, your workforce will, well, speak French. When you select them based on machining ability or mechanical aptitude, they'll have these skills as well.

But when you select based on race and gender -- well, you get a diverse workforce. And Boeing, since implementing their strict DEI policies, has gotten just that. Race and gender in new hires, race and gender in promotions to management, and race and gender considered in every retention and firing decision. They've gloatingly reported this on every annual DEI report the company has filed for the last decade.

The results on Boeing's products -- as well as the conclusions of government oversight reports -- bear out the obvious conclusions of such a policy. This new "diverse" workforce is poorly trained and qualified.

Now, let's consider your competing theory that "cost cutting". The problem with that belief is that there hasn't been any such cost cutting. Labor costs have risen steadily, workforce retention of existing workers -- especially among minorities and women -- is up sharply, and profits are an endless stream of negative values.

 

[m3tavision]

Thank You Elon..!

 

[erickmendes]

I would like to suggest a waiting list for next flys: Elon, Bezos, Suckberg...
Also the titanic deep-sea tour is highly recommended.

 

[Endymio]

Well Starliner finally landed today, three months late. In addition to the five thrusters that failed on the way up, a control jet failed during landing, and the entire navigation system went briefly offline as well.

Boeing's "diversity is our strength" DEI programs vs. Musk's "sleep on the floor till you get it right" -- seems we now know now which of the two is more successful.