Jenn Skeivik

One of our systems engineering offerings that has been getting some attention is our System Safety Engineering Services. Safety must be built into the systems. It can't be added after the fact. We can mentor and support your team through the whole product lifecycle - from proposal to development to certification and delivery. #systemsafety #882E #aerospace

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I made a simple fact based comment to this post and got removed/blocked by the Archer CEO 😂 . So I am re-posting a simple truth, it is a personal opinion and not speaking on behalf of my employer (we do real stuff). eVtol companies advertise of ground vs airtime are misleading at best. Google maps shows 49 min driving between Oakland and Napa Co airports. An if I catch an Uber at Oakland I will get directly to my destination. While flying to Napa Co airport will still require me to Uber to my final point. Also the 12 minutes airtime is unrealistic. Foreflight app shows me 16 minutes with a Piper Pa-28 on the same route and we all know that between t/o and landing time will be closer to 30 min. Of course, without accounting for the commuting to a vertiport, boarding times and a/c availability. In summary, you could optimistically save 15 minutes on the trip and NOT 12 min vs 1h:20min+ as falsely advertised. Of course Uber will be at a fraction of the cost, will carry all your luggage and will get you there even if the weather is bad. Good luck with clear and calm wind days in SF bay!. Even assuming that there will be a certified eVtol sometimes in 2025 (another fantasy) this business model is flawed and unrealistic. Stop drinking the Kool-Aid and stop deceive the public. I cannot believe investors are so gullible. Moshe Baum, David Smith, Fabio Russo.

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Earlier this year, I submitted an unsolicited proposal to company leadership: get me an airplane, and I can accelerate product development. They listened, and last spring, a classic Cessna was allocated to our engineering team. Being able to immediately flight-test our work has been incredible. We’ve fixed bugs and reprogrammed units while in flight. I’ve realized that changes that made sense on the ground didn’t work well in the air. The feedback loop for changes has shrunk from days or weeks to minutes or hours. In elementary school physics, we learned that work is the product of force and displacement. We were asked, “If you push on a wall and it doesn’t move, has any work been done?” The answer was no. Every team I’ve been on works hard, and every company I’ve worked for claims to have a ‘fast-paced’ environment. But I have to ask: is their hard work getting results, or are they just pushing against a brick wall? Are they fighting corporate bloat, thrashing on leadership's fire of the day, or actually making progress? Here, it feels like we’re making real progress. It seems like the displacement we’re getting from the force we’re applying is substantial—and that’s a great feeling.

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