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john_tullamarine
9th Dec 2002, 02:17
An interesting thread (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10165) developing, the underlying philosophies of which might interest our engineering and technician brothers.... when one is faced with making on-the-run decisions in the real world with commercial pressures breathing down one's neck.... and one doesn't know everything which has gone into providing the aircraft on which one is working ......
Genghis the Engineer
9th Dec 2002, 11:57
On the subject, there's a website at http://ethics.tamu.edu/ that is well worth looking at, particularly the two guest contributions that are there at the moment.
The paper by the legal chappie about the result of cases where aircraft technicians in the US have been sacked for refusing to sign-off unsafe aircraft is quite chilling.
G
sprocket
10th Dec 2002, 10:15
Having trouble opening your link fully. :(
Genghis the Engineer
10th Dec 2002, 10:39
Works fine from both my home and work connections, must be your end I think.
G
sprocket
10th Dec 2002, 19:55
Got it now, thanks. (Makes for interesting reading.)