I did hear from a bloke in the pub (that's where I get all the good gen from) that a certain operators aircraft was bounced down a certain runway recently. When it went for heave landing checks done by a certain maintenance organisation, the CAA survayor poped his head in to look at a few of the bits that got bent. On looking through the paperwork, he noticed too many lapses, went away and filed a level 1 NCR, which basicaly meant that they had a week to sort themselves out or they would be shut down. Now I don't know how true this is, but if it is, surely everyone can and must do their job 'by the book'. It only takes a snap inspection by the nice men from the CAA to trip someone up and they may find themselves broardening their horizons elsewhere.
2 questions:-
1/ did the incident really happen and to whome?
2/ would management really stick by you if you found yourself being picked up by an official for taking short cuts on management's instructions?
Let's know
JFD