To your point though, there was an issue with lead in schools and in NYCHA that may be at play here.

- "bad parts from vendor" - "bad programming on torque wrench from MRP" - "insufficient training on process" - "tooling was programmed correctly but bad sensors" - "lube mislabeled for 3 days"

This is absolutely not some simple thing. This is why people don't take us seriously as engineers.

Was told that "tap water is for broke people"

Reminds me of the THE WHALES WILL DIE offshore wind suits. No, they won’t- but they will at 3C of warming

Hate living in a vetocracy.

Look on the registry yourself - you won't see anyone on there for peeing in public: https://www.nsopw.gov/

You hear the concept a lot, because it's a cover - "I'm on the sex offenders list, but I was just peeing. Didn't realize it was a playground, whoops!" is different from the true "I raped a girl, and despite the incredibly high burden of proof in that charge I was convicted, and now I have to tell you about it because I moved next door."

FAA has this as a top priority and is publishing stats on class graduations and retention etc.

No one has Amazons scale.