I have never understood why tech crew get stressed out with this airport nonsense...a grossly delayed flight due to these issues works wonders.
I have to agree - the best way to get rid of
rules is sometimes to stick to them rigidly. Then the system falls apart and someone eventually has an outbreak of common sense (albeit quickly cured). Different industry, but many years ago I used to work at a place that suffered occasional idiotic pronouncements from someone at head office who was out of touch with reality. Most of the stupid rules got revoked within three months because any time we did something for head office we stuck rigidly to their rules.