Originally Posted by
tdracer
I've never met an engineer - or even a manager - who would knowingly sign off on something they believed was 'unsafe'.
The longest running accident thread on pprune was about the 1994 Chinook ZD576 crash. The Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (RAF) knowingly signed off on an aircraft type which, by mandate, was 'not to be relied upon in any way whatsoever'. (Confirmed by legal review in 2011). As Chug said, Nimrod, Tornado, Hawk, etc. followed.
I'm also reminded of the book written by a US engineer who posts here: 'Cowardice in Leadership - A Lesson in Harassment, Intimidation and Reprisals'.