The problem with 'big aerospace' is they are publicly accountable to shareholders, including the ESG contingent. So their time horizon in many cases is shorter than it was back in the glory days - the bean-counters and upper management are working on 13 week centers between quarterly reports. Add to it their commitments to DEI (see swf2030.org) and you can see there are a lot of distractions from just doing good engineering.
That's an excellent point, it is such a massive problem trying to keep shareholders happy when your main product is safety. Too many cooks, as they say. It's probably like convincing taxpayers of the money necessary to maintain roads and bridges - everyone wants shiny programs and new buildings, even politicians.
The problem with 'big aerospace' is they are publicly accountable to shareholders, including the ESG contingent. So their time horizon in many cases is shorter than it was back in the glory days - the bean-counters and upper management are working on 13 week centers between quarterly reports. Add to it their commitments to DEI (see swf2030.org) and you can see there are a lot of distractions from just doing good engineering.
That's an excellent point, it is such a massive problem trying to keep shareholders happy when your main product is safety. Too many cooks, as they say. It's probably like convincing taxpayers of the money necessary to maintain roads and bridges - everyone wants shiny programs and new buildings, even politicians.