I didn't really believe in this until I started working at Boeing. One day, as I was driving around the plant with my trainer in a cart he looked over at me and said" I know what you're thinking, that these people actually build airplanes". I wasn't actually thinking that, but after a few years, it does ring true for a LOT of Boeing workers. It is pretty hard to believe that some of them could build a paper airplane, much less the real deal.
This are just my personal observations, so it's just my opinion but I've seen a lot of dumb, lazy, entitled people whom Boeing would definitely be better off without. They shuffle into the factory, do the absolute minimum, and then sprint for the parking lot when the shift is over. They actually stopped working 45 minutes before, because they'd already done "enough" for the day.
This includes worthless management, not just the IAM. I've seen them sleeping, riding their trike (that is their other "Harley") around the factory for hours, or otherwise doing everything but their job. For the managers, it's a laugh that most of them are remote now, because a lot of them were basically remote already, and called their job in most days.
I see people who make really good money spend every last penny on that new $70,000 4x4, muscle car, 3 or 4 Harleys, a boat, and maybe a snowmobile or personal watercraft. They save nothing, or next to nothing, and live for OT. Screw their families, because it's all about the toys and money. 6-7 days a week, whining about how hard it is, but when they get home, it's a 6-pack and the TV instead of time with the kids.
Now, the plug is getting pulled, and they're in full panic mode. Gee, why did I buy TWO new vehicles to go with my $750,000 house? They're Republicans and Trump supporters, but they don't get the fact that Republicans hate unions, and then they whine because they didn't unify and avoid the bendover they got from McNierney. Yes, you managed to lose your pension AND your dignity and strength all at the same time...a trifecta of stupidity.
That said, MOST employees work hard and do the job right. For every 1 jackwad, there are 4 good workers, and even a few decent managers. A lot of really smart people work for Boeing, but the corporate culture discourages them from using their intelligence because the quickest way out the door is to disagree with the yes men and women and propose doing something that is more efficient and cost-effective. This starts in Chicago, and goes all the way to the bottom.
If we're going to clean house, let's start at the top, because the Chicago crowd is rotten to the core. But, as this S-Show really gets going, think of all the slackers and 10-watt bulbs in the factory who have taken the Gravy Train fully for granted and never thought about really being smart about their lives and their career.