Ignition Override:
The engine pylon was left attached to the engine and both were removed as a single unit. Or was it vice versa?
Nope, you were right the first time.
I remember reading that despite not getting explicit permission from MD or the regulators, other airlines (I think Continental) had adopted the procedure as well, because on the plus side, it halved the maintenace turnaround for engine removal. Unfortunately on the downside if the engine/pylon assembly rotated even a fraction of a degree on the forklift, the top plate wouldn't marry up to the wing properly and a stress fracture would form.
I didn't know the details of this guy's career after he left though. Interesting...
I guess the difference between the THY/AA Windsor and the AA/ORD incidents from the point of view of that article was that the latter was caused by airlines going ahead with unauthorised changes to maintenance procedures, and the former by allowing a manufacturer's 'gentleman's agreement' to cover the replacement of the faulty cargo doors rather than an enforced AD.
Shame it involved Douglas both times (although they couldn't be held responsible for unauthorised maintenance procedures, it was still bad publicity).