@titanmanfred nicht wirklich...

#Antonov würde wahrscheinlich dann nur finanziell und technisch Support bekommen und die #Expertise für #Frachtmaschinen, #STOL-Doppeldecker (Neue Version der #An3 nur halt stattdessen mit dem #Turboprop des #A400M) und #Drohnen einbringen.

• Quasi so wie #Airbus halt #Bombardier Canada & #Embraer - Designs ins Porfolio integrierte wo deren existierende Offerten nicht passten...

Außerdem bräuchte es moderne Konkurrenz zur #C130 sowie halt größeres oberhalb der #C27 und die #An225 hatte im Jahr 2022 die Auftragsbücher bis 2030 voll.

• Es gibt zwar nicht gigantischen Bedarf, aber genug um eine XXXXL-Maschine zu refinanzieren oder zumindest den Neubau auf Basis alter Pläne mit modernen Qualitätsverbesserungen was #Avionik, Triebwerke & Co. angeht.

Anders als die #Boeing747 lässt sich der #A380 z.B. nicht zur Frachtmaschine "konvertieren"...

• ich meine, es gibt halt seit 2022 nichts fliegendes das >400t am Stück auf Graspiste landen und wegfliegen kann!

Und das impaktet viel an #Infrastruktur im zivilen Bereich!

"Modern productivity tools […] are not evaluated on how well they work. They are evaluated on how well they symbolize your membership in the right epistemic tribe."

JA Westemberg writes on credibility in tech: https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/the-cult-of-hard-mode-why-simplicity-offends-tech-elites

That blurring contributed to a long-term shift in civilian #LawEnforcement — one that encouraged the adoption of #military - style equipment & tactics, & helped lay the groundwork for the sort of aggressive #police force that is common today.

What accounted for the #Army’s restraint? Although society was as divided as it is today, #political elites were not yet #polarized & still placed trust in apolitical #expertise.

…Those 8 deployments resulted in just 1 fatality—a testament to remarkable restraint by the #military. But many of the norms that fostered such restraint—#bipartisan consensus, respect for institutional #expertise, & well-planned #RulesOfEngagement—are today weaker, or gone altogether. What’s more, whereas US #marines were previously accompanied by #Army military #police trained in crowd control & de-escalation, they are now deployed alone, an unsettling break w/past practice.

What does the AFR say about University administration?

“Are Australian university #bosses worth the big bucks? Australian vice chancellors earn far more than their #peers in the #UK, #US, #Canada and #NewZealand. Is this justifiable?”

“Australian #universities, it seems to me, are subject to two different forces: #managerialism and a heightened #regulatory state. By having so much #RedTape attached to universities by #government, we end up needing a lot of processes and the VCs are there to make sure their universities are fulfilling all those sets of #regulations,” Forsyth says.

She agrees with Robinson that university governance is at the core of the explosion in executive salaries. Whereas Robinson points to a lack of #experience and #expertise on university boards, Forsyth blames the loading of #CorporateTypes on university #councils and in #Chancellor positions, which she says fundamentally changes the focus from academia to money-making #enterprises.

“I think this has enabled councils to leave the managers in charge and act in solidarity with them,” she says. “Councils are stacked with people who are going to be on the vice chancellor’s side from an ideological perspective.”
Forsyth, author of “A History of the Modern Australian University”, was made redundant last year from #AustralianCatholicUniversity after it shut down a raft of courses in the humanities, including #ResearchInstitutes in #philosophy and #history.

She notes that for decades, #ViceChancellors have been whinging about the lack of #GovernmentFunding, but achieved very little in return. At the same time, they have overseen mass #casualisation of staff – #HigherEducation has the largest proportion of causal and contract staff of any sector in the economy – while ignoring widespread #WageTheft – now estimated to be as high as $160 million affecting 100,000 employees in almost all universities”

<https://archive.md/uJS5u> / <https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/are-australian-university-bosses-worth-the-big-bucks-20240122-p5ez5x> (paywall)

Unsere designierte #VermieterMinisterin #VerenaHubertz wirft schon mal ihre geballte #Expertise in den Ring:

"Ministerien sind am Ende des Tages ganz große Ämter mit vielen Beamten"

https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/verena-hubertz-wie-eine-start-up-gruenderin-zur-bauministerin-wurde/100124930.html

Klar kann mensch jetzt sagen "is aber n bisschen unfair vom Handelsblatt, die könnten ja auch was Schlaues schreiben das sie zu #bauen, #wohnen & #mieten gesagt hat"

Aber hab ihr ja auch hinterherrecherchiert - und da is NIX.
Die mussten ihren Artikel ja wenigstens mit *irgendwas* füllen.