Kwikphix, Leatherman
I donīt think we can compare maintenance errors from the past and today, the scene has changed too much. Think about this.
1- Traffic increase.
2- Amount of startup/Low cost carriers.
3- Reporting culture has changed.
1- With increased traffic you would see more incidents, the precentage might drop, but the events would increase.
2- With an increasing amount of carriers/startups, the individual organisations experience decrease.
3- The reporting/accountability culture has changed dramatically, we report with less descrimination today than 15 years ago. Also the apperant organsational status of the liseced engineer has decreased, which in turn means that when the occer coloured excrement hits the ventilation unit, we are more often hit.
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