cyu@sh.itjust.worksM to unions@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agoBoeing: “The best in the industry used to crawl over shattered glass just to get an interview to work here. And now the company is begging high school students to apply.”labornotes.orgexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1305arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1305arrow-down1external-linkBoeing: “The best in the industry used to crawl over shattered glass just to get an interview to work here. And now the company is begging high school students to apply.”labornotes.orgcyu@sh.itjust.worksM to unions@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square24fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoPresumably a lot of the actual labor costs are hidden in outsourced parts of the build process.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoI’d have to figure on airplane parts, 25% of the cost could be on QC alone.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoWhat is the expensive part you imagine about QC that isn’t labor? I mean sure, you need the occasional destructive test and some fuel and hangar rent but mainly it is people doing the quality control checks.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI wasn’t. That’s why I figured 3% is ridiculously low.
Presumably a lot of the actual labor costs are hidden in outsourced parts of the build process.
I’d have to figure on airplane parts, 25% of the cost could be on QC alone.
What is the expensive part you imagine about QC that isn’t labor? I mean sure, you need the occasional destructive test and some fuel and hangar rent but mainly it is people doing the quality control checks.
I wasn’t. That’s why I figured 3% is ridiculously low.