Comment Re:Blame where it belongs. (Score 1) 78
So now they seem to go for "it's all a subcontractors fault"? I wonder what the next excuse is.
On the Spirit factory floor, some machinists building planes say their concerns about quality rarely get conveyed to more senior managers, and that quality inspectors fear retaliation if they point out too many problems.
If quality problems actually exist on the subcontractors floor, then I'd say it's pretty damn obvious who you should be blaming.
Spirit shouldn't have reduced it's QA standards. Plain and simple. Don't give a shit who's applying the pressure to do so otherwise either. Your reputation is either worth something, or it isn't.
When you're responsible for QA and have an unreasonable customer (Boeing) and you have management demanding financial results, you'll assume something is fine rather than verify it. The good QA people will quit when forced to work in this environment, but Spirit and Boeing can find others who don't have the same affinity for QA. It's really sad. Boeing was once a great company built by engineers and run by engineers. Boeing has lost it's way and unfortunately there isn't another company ready to pick up the slack.