Boeing

• Easy to get hired.
• Even if you do a mediocre job, or in many cases don't do your job at all, you'll be ahead of the curve.
• Laid-back work environment.
• Learning Together Program (though this isn't as good as it was).
• Aside from layoffs, it is very, very difficult to get fired.
• Lots of opportunity to work overtime, especially if you're hourly.
• Most of the workforce will retire in the next 10-15 years.

Many people are unqualified for the positions that they hold. Extremely change-resistant culture. Seniority-based layoffs with an average worker age of 45-50 and tenure of 20 years. Unions (certain tasks restricted to job title, people with low seniority get screwed, etc). Management is, for the most part, incapable of disciplining employees unless for the most severe violations. Exceptional performance is rarely rewarded. Very poor and outdated computing hardware and software. Most of the workforce will retire in the next 10-15 years.

Start walking the walk, instead of talking the talk.

You claim that one of the main challenges facing the company in the future is the mass attrition from an aging workforce, and that the company's main mistakes in the past have been its neglect and layoff of younger employees. Yet, you turn around and slash educational benefits, provide extremely outdated (5+ years) computer hardware, and proceed to lay off on a mostly seniority-based system.

You are repeating the mistakes that you claim to have learned from, and championing yourself as some kind of great place for young people when you are not. Look to companies like Google and Microsoft for an example of how to attract and keep talent. If you don't, you are going to lose more young people, and the crisis you face will deepen.

Make your interview process much more intense and selective. Hire by quality, not by quantity. Move everything outside of WA State unless the unions make some concessions, especially regarding who can do what jobs. Do not promote unqualified people to technical and high-responsibility positions.