Boom Supersonic is hiring...average age is about 25. Those guys are clueless about what it takes to create an airplane. “We’ll just build something then certify it, right?”
Ya, Dr ****e, head of engrg through a fit when a young engr decided to spec a matl that the design manual said would burn up in the high compressor, it was right their in writing, don't use this. Yes the newbies are green, certification is a long road, building a one off proto is hard enough, but a bunch of them, that is huge...
I watched an interview with Burt Rutan about hiring @ Scaled before he retired. If they were a homebuilder and built and flew their an airplane, they got to the front of the line, they built something that was an ivolved process that took tenacity, process management, and sticktooitness to get it done. It is long but it is a gem, here is the link: