I used to work at BAE, the old Saunders Associates in Nashua. They are a
defense contractor. It was a pretty well run place. The shops all
understood what they were making and took pride in doing it right. Most
of the work force were veterans, and none of them wanted to ship
substandard or defective equipment to soldiers in combat. Everyone was
connected. Even the junior assemblers had a computer on their bench, on
the network. The big project in house was the Common Missile
Warning System, a rig of TV camera's and computer that detected the
flash of a missile launch, and got on the aircraft intercom and cried
"Missile, Missile, Missile", using a female voice. This got the pilot's
attention. Most of the shops had pictures of big helicopters, with the
full aircrew standing in front, and hand written letters for Iraq
saying "Your equipment saved our lives".
I was at BAE after
Walt Havenstein's time as CEO. But, Walt certainly left a high morale,
efficient, competent company behind him. It speaks well for Walt's
leadership and management.
I am voting for Walt Havenstein for governor. He is a much better leader and manager than Maggie Hassan.
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