cyu@sh.itjust.worksM to unions@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 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-square27fedilinkarrow-up1306arrow-down10cross-posted to: socialism@beehaw.orgunions@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1306arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: socialism@beehaw.orgunions@lemmy.ml
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoPresumably a lot of the actual labor costs are hidden in outsourced parts of the build process.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoI’d have to figure on airplane parts, 25% of the cost could be on QC alone.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 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-up2·5 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.