According to Solar Flaire :
Since you asked.

Most of the management are USanians and do not understand a higher
ethic required. They order what the mothership tells them to order. If
they get it wrong too often they become drive through attendents at
McDonald's

Nobody can blame them for where they are born.

You did notice that the president of HD Canada is Canadian and HD
Canada is HQ'd in the maritimes, didn't you? Did you notice
all the awards she's gotten from outside of HD?

Guess not.
--
Chris Lewis,

Age and Treachery will Triumph over Youth and Skill
It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after them.