I do contract engineering for aircraft companies. I worked for a major manufacturer for several months helping get new hires use to carbon fiber. There was an entire division of “R&D” they kept just to keep the diversity and AA hires out of the actual production and design. (unfortunately HR was infested with AA hires who were the nastiest most racist ratchets one can imagine) Everyone knew the scam but they were forced to do it to keep government enforced numbers. And of course when the brochures came out all the photos were of the diversity squad looking very busy doing very important stuff, aka, nothing.
Later the company asked if I wanted to work full time at their shop in Ferguson to train new hires right when the Saint Floyd of Fentanyl riots started. I laughed mightily at that one.
I’m surprised you didn’t jump at the offer.
Didn’t want to be Reginald Denny part 2?…
The only reason I would enter any city in the US is to fly somewhere.
Either in Europe or near the equator…