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Boeing: “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.org)

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[–] ByteOnBikes 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The nickel-and-diming of the workers is particularly galling, Haala said, because for Boeing, labor accounts for only 3 to 5 percent of the cost of an airplane.

From my rough searches, these planes cost roughly $250-400 million each.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Presumably a lot of the actual labor costs are hidden in outsourced parts of the build process.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd have to figure on airplane parts, 25% of the cost could be on QC alone.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I wasn't. That's why I figured 3% is ridiculously low.