...but was kindly corrected with the H&S issues of having an item hanging loosely around their neck while working on an engine.
They're a total menace on the tarmac as well. Many an ASIC has made an unscheduled trip somewhere in the hold of an aircraft because the bloody lanyard broke and its owner didn't notice.
It just illustrates the complete la-la land that said department inhabits...but we all knew that already.
As for walking into hangars, I wouldn't do it in a blue fit, you wouldn't know what's about to go wrong. Don't you have something dangerous that can fall from the roof on cue? Call it an object lesson
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If you can be bothered, write a letter of complaint to the minister and cc your local member. Sometimes it works.