737 Max in the news again

[Hawkmoon]

Increasingly, the iconic American planemaker and its subcontractors have relied on temporary workers making as little as $9 an hour to develop and test software, often from countries lacking a deep background in aerospace -- notably India.

I'll bet whatever they saved by outsourcing the software doesn't look like such a bargain today ...

[Ned Hamford]

A best friend of mine is an engineer in the industry and I chatted with him for a good half hour about the whole thing.  And it really is scary. Apparently outsourcing the understanding is an ambition of the industry; cause, you know, let's only keep the lowest paid engineers on staff; what could go wrong....
Penny wise Pound foolish

[MillCreek]

A few years back, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth when it came out in the local media that Boeing was outsourcing engineering work to lower-paid engineers in Russia.

[Angel Eyes]

A few years back, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth when it came out in the local media that Boeing was outsourcing engineering work to lower-paid engineers in Russia.

So it's Russian collusion.  I knew it . . .