Was wondering when someone was going to mention one of the first 744 ER's that Qantas bought 2nd hand that had daylight shining through it from an old scribe mark caused by an overseas MRO.
Romulus - I don't think you'll find anyone in this country apologizing for carrying out the job in the nature it's intended to be carried out. If that means the company now has to spend $1000's on approved plastic scrapers instead of a piece of stainless that only has to be sharpened once - so be it. Staples ? Leak checks carried out with no fuel on board ? Inspections carried out without panels removed ? Engines installed with upsidedown countersink washers ? Turning a blind eye to obvious defects outside of the C check inspection scope ?
Will any of them cause a plane to crash ? No. It still doesn't make it right. Planes crashing out of the sky because of any single event is unlikely these days, you know that. It's a combination of things going wrong. Plane crashes shouldn't be the determining factor on how a facility is chosen.