I totally agree with you guy's, it's a sad reflection of the times that things are being run by the bean counters, & with or without our help thats the way it is, unless the companies concerned look at their structures in a different light, as was said in a letter to CHIRP recently re: this subject, it may be cost effective to run your maintenance down to or below the barest minimum, but you have an accident, and see how cost effective that is.
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Those who say it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the engineer doing it.