Tory Bruno will discuss "workforce reshaping" at ULA on 3/29. Meeting will be held in Denver and webcast to all satellite locations. Reductions in force are expected to be substantial. Older, more senior employees will most likely be hit hardest, acording to future staffing charts that were accidentally made available to all employees.
The result of all of this industry shakeup is painfully predictable. The savings to the Pentagon will be lost covering the cost of the failures, not just by ULA but by the new entrants. - Ed Kyle
Quote from: edkyle99 on 03/18/2016 04:27 pmThe result of all of this industry shakeup is painfully predictable. The savings to the Pentagon will be lost covering the cost of the failures, not just by ULA but by the new entrants. - Ed KyleWhat savings to the Pentagon? This doesn't change the block buy contract in any way. This is about savings to ULA
Quote from: nadreck on 03/18/2016 04:30 pmQuote from: edkyle99 on 03/18/2016 04:27 pmThe result of all of this industry shakeup is painfully predictable. The savings to the Pentagon will be lost covering the cost of the failures, not just by ULA but by the new entrants. - Ed KyleWhat savings to the Pentagon? This doesn't change the block buy contract in any way. This is about savings to ULAThese cutbacks are setting the stage for 2019 and later, after the capabilities contract ends, after SpaceX and others start taking on some of these launches, after Vulcan starts flying and these old, reliable EELVs are phased out, along with the "senior" staffing that made them so successful. - Ed Kyle
The result of all of this industry shakeup is painfully predictable. The savings to the Pentagon will be lost covering the cost of the failures, not just by ULA but by the new entrants.
Age discrimination law is going to be carefully monitored here, I'm sure, given this loose talk about targeting "senior" employees. Age discrimination during RIFs is an often-trod area of law. - Ed Kyle
A Vulcan flying with the same reliability as the Atlas does now because the ULA has applied lessons learned to flying the Vulcan.
Sarcasm aside, your point suggests not adopting change (kick the can down the road) while also assuming that future failures will be ongoing and insurmountable. Are you seriously arguing for continuing the status quo?