@poiThePoi yeah i think you're right. a full-time recruiter is probably seen as a necessity at a large company. we just did it by department, so the engineering managers would recruit the people who would work on their team.
it took a couple of weeks, 1-2 times per year.
This plane has four propellers and five engines.
The fifth one is a small turboshaft of about 1,364 hp that never turns a propeller. It runs a compressor that blows air over the flaps, a trick called boundary layer control. It keeps the airflow stuck to the wing at flap angles where an ordinary wing would stall, so a big amphibian can fly as slowly as about 90 km/h.
That slow speed is the whole point. Waves don't flatten out for you, and the slower you touch down, the gentler the hit. ShinMaywa says the US-2 can land in waves up to 3 meters.
Then there's the spray. Watch the clip the hull has a spray suppressor that pushes water down and spray strips that throw it sideways, so it stays out of the engines.
A flying boat has to solve the water as well as the air.
Video by Cpl. Madison Sharpe