Originally Posted by tucumseh
Attempting to, and failing, to conduct a level of repair that you are not cleared to do – thereby compromising safety and risking loss of the asset - is not quite the same as finding faults on acceptance from an authorised repairer; but your point is taken.
I wholeheartedly agree. My point was really in response to your point of there being a skill void as a result, (a point which I also agree with you on) a skill fade that has come about from Service personnel not having done such deep maintenance for a long time, if ever. With the advent of LEAN (or rather, what the RAF wants to call LEAN, as opposed to what it should be) it's going to be some time before we get back up to speed again. What a shame that this has come about after such a massive investment at St Athan, money and materiels that could have (with hindsight regarding the move of work to other units) been better spent elsewhere.