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Originally Posted by
PalmtreePilot74
I worked in Japan, and those preconceived notions of efficiency and no mistakes are far from reality. If they are taught the wrong procedures and reasoning to begin with, and not following the manufacture's prescribed MX, then they will drive themselves off a cliff, which appears to be the case. Another problem they have in Japan, is that they tend to rotate people in and out of all the jobs company has to offer about every 3-5 years. This includes MX and flight operations. So as soon as someone is getting good at their job, they are moved to a different department.
I have to admit that the thought has crossed my mind after seeing some of the scandals in the aviation industry. Most recently is Boeing being affected by flase certification by Kobe steel....
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-k...-idUSKBN1CI05P
...and the screw-ups on the Mitsubishi MRJ certification seems to be above and beyond anything that has happened to other manufacturers over the years.