Not only that................. BA are pressing ahead with implementation of EWS , a computer system that makes an Engineers life and workpractices considerably more difficult than it was already. BA have already suffered lack of aircraft due to EWS problems, notably the Summer 2004 fiasco at LHR when repair overruns were refused by the CAA. The reason ? Lack of parts sourced by the EWS spares ordering system.
Recently BA have introduced EWS to control the hangar checks (all the paperwork , defects and work recording ) and the situation is that many people have not been trained to operate this system,in its current form, it has been forced through , due mainly because of embarrisment of the senior management ( EWS is many years late , vastly overbudget ,
circa £300 million and still does not deliver the product that was promised ) and confusion reigns................ hardly a re-assuring scenario for maintaining safety !
