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Old 8th Oct 2014, 04:12
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winglit
 
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Jaja,

you say you work for a maintenance organisation, so I assume you do third party aircraft.

Do you think your customers would be happy letting you loose on their thirty million dollar aeroplane with a box full cheap tools that are likely to cause damage and extend ground time due to mishaps which could have easily been avoided using quality tooling?

In my previous job as a tech rep for an airline, I was tasked with surveying the premises, staff, facilities and equipment before a contract was awarded. A quick glimpse in the toolboxes always gave me some confidence if they were equipped with quality tools. In the same way that a decent sheet metal worker will turn up for work with his own-made tool box.
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