Originally Posted by
Tom Sawyer
So one Engineer put in a situation of having to be compliant, whilst being told to maintain OTP.
With all respect and sympathy for the hypothetical Engineer, this is intrinsic to the role. As an Engineer you sign and it means something, individual professional liability. The importance of pushing back against commercial pressures (and how to go about it) is
literally taught as part of an Engineering education.
If some engineers there are working around delays induced by policy (by signing the log then removing the covers) then some other engineers should at least write a damn email to their manager saying 'someone suggested doing this, on enquiry others report having been told it is allowable here, so please clarify if there is a dispensation that allows it given that the airport policy adds (5, 10, 15 minutes) per departure?' Then the company has to say 'no, absolutely not' and engineers who were doing it can stop doing it and take the time they need, and everyone can address performance queries by saying 'well this was happening before. Not me, but it went on...'