[Spirochete]

Can they find the number of black engineers they need to make up the number they’re thinking of?

Saying what others are probably thinking. No, I am not a racist.

Here - I'll say it:

Boeing will handwave some black "engineers" and expect their colleagues to pick up their slack.

[RedMonqey]

Boeing will handwave some black "engineers" and expect their colleagues to pick up their slack.

So very true.

A relative used to work for a company that repaired helicopters for the local army instillation(Fort Campbell).

The company who had the contract lost it to the new company who won the contract in part by promising to hire more minorities. The new company kept the most of the old employees.

Many of the new minority hires were hard workers but the relative got stuck with one of the bad ones. The new hire worked hard... for about two months then decided to play sick, show up late or didn't show up at all.(But he could play sports and chase after soldiers wives while they were in the field) Turned out he was being shuffled from one department to another and it was my relative's 'turn" to get him.

Why not fire this employees worthless ass? because of all the red tape and ruin the "quota" the company boasted of to get the contract.

My relative got tired of pulling the slack of the bum and after countless filed complains this relative got labeled as a troublemaker and yes, a "racist". Which was hard to stick as the other workers in his department were minorities too and they worked well with each other and they filed complains about the slacker "brother" as well.(They didn't like redoing the work he half-assed put together(wrong))

After a time, he quit.

The relative quickly got another non government job()albeit at a loss of pay, benefits but he is is happier. The company wasn't as happy as other workers quit their jobs and when contract time came up, they lost it.

But many helicopters that would have been available to the army in Iraq and Afghanistan weren't sent because they were not in condition to fly. (Can't put the hardware in before the bullet holes repaired and paint is done.)

Any fool(except Boeing CEOs) can see the future of it's business...

[doorgunner69]

They will not find that many engineers. No way in hell.

These will be assembly types, that likely will not know the job and will recieve OJT from honkies that they will resent and possibly retaliate against.

Makes my dislike of Airbus products come under review.

[TXnMA]

Einstein reportedly said, "Insanity is repeating an action..."

In a corporate research department, I worked with an "engineer" who came in one day and complained that he had put a log in his fireplace -- and had used up an entire large box of matches -- trying to get it to burn.

Yep.

Suffice it to say, I never sought engineering advice from him... (And, we weren't making passenger planes.)

HR strikes again...  :-{