The DEI argument has been put forward quite a number of times, but as I point out - DEI was long in effect *before* the vaccine mandates, and we did not see airplanes falling apart at the seams (with maybe the exception of the MAX 737 overseas in a completely different country).
Most of the DEI hiring practices will relate to the 'cushy' jobs, as well. What we're seeing is parts failures, which is an engineering aspect - the hard graft jobs nobody wants. It takes many decades to train an engineer, and DEI hiring does not mean 'firing your pre-existing engineers'.
Something made those engineers quit or leave, and we have the clue with Boeing both implementing and then rescinding the vaccine mandate. Implementing it would have driven away engineers who didn't want the shots, and any who gleefully took it in the arm would now be suffering from heart issues, made worse by *physical exercise* (see the FAA hearts harms article to confirm it is impacting the industry).
Boeing obviously lost a lot of engineers, or otherwise they wouldn't have rescinded the mandates. However once they lose them, there's no replacing them - DEI hires or unqualified young non-DEI hires, it won't matter because the *experience* has been lost.
I will grant you DEI probably led to the impulsive decision to launch an unfit space rocket, but the engineers who know how any of it works (I.E. the people who can repair it) are either crippled, dead, or no longer working at Boeing due to the mandates. So naturally if they didn't launch it, it'd never get repaired anyway.
Did SpaceX ever have vaccine mandates? I'm not sure they did. I could be wrong.
“Do you want to fly in an airplane where they prioritized DEI hiring over your safety? That is actually happening,” Musk said.
The DEI argument has been put forward quite a number of times, but as I point out - DEI was long in effect *before* the vaccine mandates, and we did not see airplanes falling apart at the seams (with maybe the exception of the MAX 737 overseas in a completely different country).
Most of the DEI hiring practices will relate to the 'cushy' jobs, as well. What we're seeing is parts failures, which is an engineering aspect - the hard graft jobs nobody wants. It takes many decades to train an engineer, and DEI hiring does not mean 'firing your pre-existing engineers'.
Something made those engineers quit or leave, and we have the clue with Boeing both implementing and then rescinding the vaccine mandate. Implementing it would have driven away engineers who didn't want the shots, and any who gleefully took it in the arm would now be suffering from heart issues, made worse by *physical exercise* (see the FAA hearts harms article to confirm it is impacting the industry).
Boeing obviously lost a lot of engineers, or otherwise they wouldn't have rescinded the mandates. However once they lose them, there's no replacing them - DEI hires or unqualified young non-DEI hires, it won't matter because the *experience* has been lost.
I will grant you DEI probably led to the impulsive decision to launch an unfit space rocket, but the engineers who know how any of it works (I.E. the people who can repair it) are either crippled, dead, or no longer working at Boeing due to the mandates. So naturally if they didn't launch it, it'd never get repaired anyway.
Did SpaceX ever have vaccine mandates? I'm not sure they did. I could be wrong.
Better keep quiet. We all know about the "accidents" that befell the last two Boeing whistleblowers.
Boeing, Boeing, gone!