Going back a bit
Have you not heard..........
Washes have been LEANED.
Person washes aircraft (nice and clean)
Aircraft gets dirty.
Value added steps - NIL.
LEAN solution - Leave aircraft dirty and save on manpower.
Have things got so lean that taking pride in one's equipment isn't allowed anymore? I'm sure if a Life Guard / QCS member on parade said 'I didn't turn out smartly because there is no value added' he'd get short shrift!
And what about the maintenance value - 'Sorry Boss, AJ is u/s today because we didn't see the crack developing under all that dirt and now we have a big repair job on.'
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