Originally Posted by tucumseh
Many are the tales of boxes of bits from attempted / botched repairs appearing at DARA workshops.
I'm sure they're just as numerous as the tales of jets turning up to Sqns with numerous faults discovered on acceptance, or after the first flight...
Apologies if that sounds like mud-slinging, but let's not put on our rose tinted specs here. That said, I feel for the poor guys whose jobs are on the line / gone, especially when there's precious little aircraft work about, and a whole load of ex-mob redundees looking for it too!