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Thrust Augmentation
That had also crossed my mind - possibly a connection to the chords & components manufactured by Ducommun to new, tighter tolerances using sledgehammers & magic markers...... Tighter tolerances that were required for NG certification, but in reality didn't exist. Apparently this is the revolutionary new computerised manufacturing process in action;
That photo is what should be hanging around the neck of the OEM's corporate leaders, it encapsulates where the problem within the fish comes from. When the penny drops, and that gets finally acknowledged, then perhaps the OEM can get back to being a global leader.
[The worker in this photo is working on a part that was a "CNC" manufactured part... which resulted in extended maintenance inspections due to the precision of the CNC manufacturing process. The court documents indicated no CNC capability existed. The OEM's QA people were the messengers that ended up sueing WITHOUT SUCCESS for dismissal for doing their damned job. Nothing was ever done to replace these parts as far as I am aware.