Proud to be British - Finally !

[Joe90]

Yeah it is on iPlayer. Thats where I watched it earlier in the week.

Does anybody know what else the series will cover?

[Gibbon]

I've worked at Rolls Royce, BAE, Airbus and Westland helicopters on both engineering and IT projects, they have always been the best gigs and the ones I strive to get as I love working in those high tech environments.

Loads of Bobs at Rolls Royce Filton mind so not quite as easy as it was, not sure how they're doing it though as SC is mandatory on site?

Probably doing Ardour engine training for the Hawks they bought from us.

[Clippy]

Yeah it is on iPlayer. Thats where I watched it earlier in the week.

Does anybody know what else the series will cover?

Looks like the final episode on Sunday is at defence contractor QinetiQ's:

Britain's Secret Engineers

If you need to build a 'top-secret' piece of equipment in the UK, there's one place many people choose to go: defence contractor QinetiQ.

We follow workers at this leading British company on a global journey, as they reveal a handful of their secretive projects. We meet the scientists and engineers building robots to diffuse Afghanistan's deadly roadside bombs and learn how they're adapting them to help in dangerous civilian situations in the UK. We find out how British experts are using 'stealth technology' to make wind turbines less visible to radar and, with unprecedented access, we follow the engineers racing to get Chinook helicopters ready for front line service, including Afghanistan.

[gingerjedi]

Looks like the final episode on Sunday is at defence contractor QinetiQ's:

Ha I've worked at QinetiQ too, there were some very clever people doing things with drones and lasers.

Even though I've worked on these sites I must profess that most of what I've seen went clean over my head.

[Gibbon]

Ha I've worked at QinetiQ too, there were some very clever people doing things with drones and lasers.

Even though I've worked on these sites I must profess that most of what I've seen went clean over my head.

I was headhunted by them and turned them down, seriously.

No overtime.

[sasguru]

Watched a documentary about Rolls Royce making jet engines last night, it was bloody brilliant. The level of engineering design and execution was staggering, attention to detail, pride and absolute excellence of staff was amazing. They set out to make the best engines on the planet and do so, I was nearly on my feet saluting by the end.
THIS is the level which we need to be competing at and satellite design and build is comparable, forget trying to mass produce stuff as cheaply as Bob, you have no chance. The order book stands at 40 billion currently. One place was growing a single component from an individual metal crystal (it’s the only way to make sure it can take the likely stress) – What happens if they fail testing and are returned ? I don’t know says the chap, it has NEVER happened.

The reason that you got so excited is that this sort of excellence is the exception to the rule of mediocrity.
The Germans probably have hundreds of factories (maybe not jet engines but other stuff) all at the top of their game.
This makes me glum.

[Moscow Mule]

I worked for Qinetic before it was Qinetic. You could not find a more random bunch of geeks, nerds, losers and oddballs.

That was in the OA section though so I guess it's too be expected - statistics is for nerds after all.

[sasguru]

...statistics is for nerds after all.

As the whole world works on probabilistic principles, that ignorant attitude is why most people make stupid decisions and/or have uninformed opinions.
I'm of the opinion that some level of statistical inferential theory should be compulsory in the education system.

[Gibbon]

As the whole world works on probabilistic principles, that ignorant attitude is why most people make stupid decisions and/or have uninformed opinions.
I'm of the opinion that some level of statistical inferential theory should be compulsory in the education system.

"requirements of rationality and consistency and interpreted as an extension of logic"

Ain't going to work on here SAS, most of don't even realise they are bedwetters

[Moscow Mule]

As the whole world works on probabilistic principles, that ignorant attitude is why most people make stupid decisions and/or have uninformed opinions.
I'm of the opinion that some level of statistical inferential theory should be compulsory in the education system.

I believe the phrase is "fished in".