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Re:Boeing to lay off hundreds more engineers by tyingq on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @07:34PM (#14144065)
You get to appreciate the idea more as you get older too.

There's a reason you see more older (and expensive) aircraft mechanics working on the latest greatest tech, as opposed to older developers.

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Re:Boeing to lay off hundreds more engineers by metaphor on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @02:48AM (#14145980)
>> There's a reason you see more older (and expensive) aircraft mechanics working on the latest greatest tech, as opposed to older developers.

What do you suspect those reasons may be? Also, what would you describe as latest greatest tech in the context of aerospace industry?

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Re:Boeing to lay off hundreds more engineers by sangnoir on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @06:36AM (#14146772)
> What do you suspect those reasons may be?

Not gp, but in the context of this thread, the answer is obvious: Unions.

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Re:Boeing to lay off hundreds more engineers by tyingq on Thursday April 20, 2017 @07:26AM (#14155721)
I was alluding to unions, and age discrimination. The tech part isn't really interesting in this context.
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