One way of attempting to promote our cause is to always maintain our integrity as professionals. Commercial pressure affects us all, indirectly as well as in our faces at work but we must not succome. I know it's easier said than done at times. We really DO have the power to make a/c fly, but we must do it safely; we have to make sure we dot the Is and cross the Ts and if that means the a/c is late then so be it. I have experienced a company who were happy encouraging the "short" way to get the job done, expecting that as the norm, but if it went wrong they were the first to distance themselves and deny all knowledge saying that as far as they were concerned approved procedures had been followed. Don't compromise yourself and your colleagues, do it right all the time. When management realise we can't be manipulated to produce a/c, the accountants might just realise that that we are pivotal in the company's ability to make money. If we don't behave in a professional manner then we will always be treated as a disposable semi skilled manual workforce instead of a necessary dedicated professional asset.