Very interesting, but it could never happen here......could it?
I remember an incident, not too long ago, where I was asked to clear a deferred defect. The necessary work needed to clear this defect could not be done due to lack of spares. Unfotunately the limitation imposed by the MEL expired the following morning so the aircraft would be u/s.
I refused to sign the log. An argument then ensued between myself and my shift manager. "The part would be available soon, we can re raise the defect tomorrow night and it will carry for another 10 days" was his argument. Again I refused. it then became apparent that the only reason that he wanted the defect clearing was because then he would meet his bonus target, (number of deferred defects cleared), for the month and receive a hefty sum of cash!!
The strong arm tactics continued but I stood firm.
Result, I was overlooked for further training for several years, which became a bit of a problem last year when redundancies were announced and a points system based on the number and type of a/c licences held meant that I was out of a job!
OK it's not a very similar case but the result was the same-unemployment.