https://news.usni.org/2021/10/28/stefany-repairs-to-uss-connecticut-could-cause-perturbations-in-public-shipyards

«”CBO projects that the Navy will experience maintenance delays throughout the next 30 years because the demand for labor will exceed the shipyards’ supply of it in 25 of the next 30 years”»

Why are we here? Because business wants to get things done as efficiently as possible. “Just-in-time” manufacturing. “Do more with less.” All that garbage. Reminds me of this other thread I stumbled across yesterday: