cyuM to unionsEnglish · 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-square27fedilinkarrow-up1306arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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.orgcyuM to unionsEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squaretaladarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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-squaretaladarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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.