trapper, thanks for your suggestion. As I have indicated before, a safety issue would require me to respond. No way could that be ignored. (I have also found that standing one’s ground prevents being pushed around later on, helps to minimize later bullstuff) These are direct colleagues, each having their own A&P certificates to use and abuse. You are correct about the difficulty of explaining the problem face to face. The unmentioned practice is to use your reliable people for the sticky problems and save your safe jobs for the amateurs. In the US, at major airlines, usually the job is for life, and there is no proficiency requirements or review after hiring on and passing a probationary period. So we tend to accumulate problems. Figure a third are useless and should be replaced by something useful, like really nice rubber chocks. Another third are ok for changing parts, and the remaining few can actually troubleshoot and fix.
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New Guy "It seems to be working ok"
Old Guy "Um.. I haven't started it yet"
[This message has been edited by redtail (edited 21 August 2000).]