Loose bolts

[Eagler]

When a door is called a window and an iPhone survives a fall from 16000 ft...

Boeing having another great day..

Eagler

[Shuffler]

Referred to as a plug. Will be interesting to see what they find. One other had loose bolts.
Two different phones were found and are being returned to their owners.

[Animl-AW]

When a door is called a window and an iPhone survives a fall from 16000 ft...

Boeing having another great day..

Eagler

What brand are the undamaged? What a great commercial.

[Meatwad]

Must be built from recycled Nokia phones

[GasTeddy]

Must be built from recycled Nokia phones

Old Nokias could take a nuclear blast. These modern zombiephones are sensitive to everything.

[MiloMorai]

Airbus to number 1.

Whistle blower speaks

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/why-boeing-737-max-9-032016532.html

[Brooke]

Based on recently getting a house built, declining quality of various products I buy, talking to friends who work in various businesses including healthcare, etc., it seems like competence is on the decline.

It seems like businesses of all types have an increasing proportion of incompetent management.  Incompetent management doesn't know how to fix itself, or how to get competent workers.  And it makes the work environment worse.

Competent workers then bail, as they don't want to work for morons or work in a unpleasant, stupidly run work environment.  Or just move to, "OK, you're the boss" and do it the stupid way because trying to educate morons doesn't work.  Which makes the problems worse.  Which makes more competent people leave.  It's a vicious negative-feedback loop.

The result is increasing supply problems, plunging quality of product, greater faults and failures.

[Busher]

Based on recently getting a house built, declining quality of various products I buy, talking to friends who work in various businesses including healthcare, etc., it seems like competence is on the decline.

It seems like businesses of all types have an increasing proportion of incompetent management.  Incompetent management doesn't know how to fix itself, or how to get competent workers.  And it makes the work environment worse.

Competent workers then bail, as they don't want to work for morons or work in a unpleasant, stupidly run work environment.  Or just move to, "OK, you're the boss" and do it the stupid way because trying to educate morons doesn't work.  Which makes the problems worse.  Which makes more competent people leave.  It's a vicious negative-feedback loop.

The result is increasing supply problems, plunging quality of product, greater faults and failures.

I agree with this Op-ed entirely. I would only add (and I was a career Union member) that Trade Unions can never break into a Company with strong intelligent and receptive Management.

[fd ski]

Based on recently getting a house built, declining quality of various products I buy, talking to friends who work in various businesses including healthcare, etc., it seems like competence is on the decline.

It seems like businesses of all types have an increasing proportion of incompetent management.  Incompetent management doesn't know how to fix itself, or how to get competent workers.  And it makes the work environment worse.

Competent workers then bail, as they don't want to work for morons or work in a unpleasant, stupidly run work environment.  Or just move to, "OK, you're the boss" and do it the stupid way because trying to educate morons doesn't work.  Which makes the problems worse.  Which makes more competent people leave.  It's a vicious negative-feedback loop.

The result is increasing supply problems, plunging quality of product, greater faults and failures.

We live in times when appearances beat competences, words beat deeds and volume dominates eloquence. This is our culture now and it is no wonder that it permeated into workplace. It doesn't pay to do right thing, to do good job or to be skilled when all you need to do is announce those things and you're all set.
If you work in corporation, it is often described as "building your brand". Euphemism for self aggrandizement on company's dime.
Since this strategy works, you end up with companies that have thousands of workers only fraction of whom do anything worthwhile, they are managed by those who succeeded in above strategy the most - with predictable results. Lots of announcements, great successes, amazing achievements, and somehow, everything is just as it was, or maybe little worst...

Welcome to the brave new world.

PS: yes, i work in 200k+ people corporation
 

[sparky127]

The Peter Principle.

[icepac]

Keep this in mind when you fly commercial.   

I’m pretty sure “they” are still training “zero altitude loss stall recovery so we will likely see more planes mushing in from recoverable altitude to crash with wings level.

[AKIron]

Daughter was just visiting us in Texas and had a 4 hour delay going back to Idaho. Brother flew for American for many years before retiring a few years ago. He and his wife still travel but said American is getting bad.

[Eagler]

Keep this in mind when you do anything or go anywhere

Mediocrity, actually less than, rules the day...

Eagler

[Shuffler]

My nephew a couple of years back did not get a job he put in for. He was told that he was the best candidate but they had to fill it with someone else. Companies can't blame their issues on someone else if they decide to live or die by DEI.

When you hire tokens, you get tokens.

[Vraciu]

Keep this in mind when you fly commercial.   

I’m pretty sure “they” are still training “zero altitude loss stall recovery so we will likely see more planes mushing in from recoverable altitude to crash with wings level.

No, they absolutely are not.