Some Nonlinear Logic

In what can be described as a worthy sentiment, Bubblehead of TSSBP, recently said, "-- hopefully the CEOs will hire Submariners when they come looking for a job." ( USS Louisville DV Embark )

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In real-life America such linear logic applies less at the top than those of us below would like to think. The reasons for such disconnects, although sometimes difficult to understand, can be attributed to explanations we get rarely, belatedly, superficially, or not at all from CEOs and/or our political leaders.
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M.E. offers readers two illustrative examples of news that defies prediction. Please bear in mind we have no disagreement whatever with the actual or intended outcomes of either.

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Case 1 - The general manager of Boeing's 747 program

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Bubblehead should be pleased that a naval guy beat out aviators for this vice president and general manager's position in Boeing's 747 program.

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Probably a naval academy graduate, right? Yes, but not the USNA -- this naval academy.

But whose navy was he in, ours, right? No, Mohammad "Mo" Yahyavi is from Tehran and wanted to be in the Shah of Iran's Imperial Navy. Cut off from his roots by the Islamic revolution, Mo got a master's in aerospace engineering from the Navy's Monterey school, then joined Boeing. He is now proudly one of us. You could have predicted all this, right?

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Case 2 - Strategy to grow UK space sector

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The UK space industry can become a much bigger global player, employing thousands more highly skilled workers and turning over perhaps £40bn a year.

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Is the U.S. facilitating the UK's latest economic growth strategy? Consider this: Some in the aerospace industry fear that NASA's direction has become nebulous at best. Thousands of NASA employees are now uncertain about what they'll be doing. The uncertainty is even greater in the private sector, where thousands of NASA contractors are facing the end of a program that has been the foundation of the agency's human spaceflight strategy for the past five years.

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One of the Senate's most vocal advocates for human spaceflight, Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), said on the Senate floor Tuesday that there's a widespread perception in the aerospace industry that Obama has "killed the manned space program." See: Obama overhauls NASA's agenda in budget request. The president hasn't actually spoken a word in public about his new strategy for NASA. You could have predicted this, too, right?

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Submarines are always silent and strange.