Did I already post Microsoft's laying off 18,000 permanent employees [part timers can guess]? Yes, but this guy describes it so well, I say it again, with a link.

This link. It's raining.

And is that author holding lingering feelings toward Boeing, barely suppressed, not subconscious?

Beyond that editorial analysis, Ars again, here:

beginning of the second linked item
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That photo, it reminds me of the occasional high school assembly our school in the 'burbs of St. Louis would hold. Everyone brought together, to share an experience.