Economia de custo

Um relatório do Departamento de Justiça dos Estados Unidos sobre o acidente com o Boeing mostrou um dado interessante, relacionado com a economia de custo: a Boeing terceirizou o desenvolvimento do software do 737 Max e usou trabalhadores temporários para testá-los. Mais ainda, segundo a Bloomberg (via aqui), alguns destes trabalhadores eram recem formados ou trabalhadores contratados de empresas indianas. O motivo era a redução de custo.

Some of the testers and developers made as little as $9, the longtime engineers told Bloomberg. Former Boeing flight controls engineer Rick Ludtke said the move to outsource was centered on cost-cutting.

"Boeing was doing all kinds of things, everything you can imagine, to reduce cost, including moving work from Puget Sound, because we'd become very expensive here," Ludtke told Bloomberg. "All that's very understandable if you think of it from a business perspective. Slowly over time it appears that's eroded the ability for Puget Sound designers to design."

Faulty software on the Boeing 737 Max has seemingly contributed to two fatal crashes, which killed 346 people between October and March. The 737 Max was grounded around the world after the March crash, leading Boeing to a first-quarter loss of $1 billion.