>>1041267Definitely 100% true. It's a good system when everything goes according to plan, e.g. "here's the general idea for the part, here are the loads it has to take, design it and send us the drawings", but unfortunately, things don't go that smoothly. For example, a subcontractor in Scotland might be given some certification work, they work on it but they get too busy, so they outsource some of it to India, and then they work on it but then get too busy, and finally finds it's way back to Airbus, with the deadline only weeks away.
Still, there are some benefits to having engineering groups around the world. A lot of my coworkers here in the US are coming straight from Boeing, Cessna, Beechcraft, etc., and that definitely shapes the way we work. I'm sure the same goes for all the European countries, too.
Tl;dr the job is dope. IMO every aerospace engineer should work for Airbus and/or Boeing at least for a couple years.
