CYA rules. Too many McDonald Douglas types in management positions. MD made the best Military aircraft you could want but the worst commercial airliners. McNerney is not an aircraft guy and it shows... now the company hires pedigrees, not talent. The Wright Brothers would not get an interview, same with Jack Northrop or Glenn Curtiss. This should tell you something. Diversity is the name of the game… all about PC, not about aircraft engineering. They hire people who know nothing about aircraft engineering yet are the right [redacted due to NSA]. Now they are looking to only hire young people… most of which couldn’t tell you how [redacted due to NSA] yet hold a degree from some overly expense institution, the fact that this is illegal doesn’t seem to matter. They seem to think having engineers over 50 is some type of liability instead of strength. The 787 is the end result of this, arguably the worst aircraft Boeing ever designed, it’s a black aluminum nightmare.
Remember that the at least half or more of the people giving you an interview under the new guidelines would not have passed the same interview type when they were hired.
