Truck, your comment is noted however as they (as in the crew) were twice told from 2 different stations that the tyre was U/S surely that should set alarm bells ringing, as you may note I never blamed anyone that was not for me to do the BoI had that task and I am led to believe he did get blamed for it, also please bear in mind my previous comments where they actually tried to blame me!!
I was also a GE in civilian life on DC-8s L1011s and B747s so I am well aware of the pressure that the job entails.
BEagle, yes indeed He was a hard taskmaster but you reap what you sow and I can honestly say I would not have had it any other way.