On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:40:39 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:54:55 -0700, Jim Stewart penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.crafts.metalworking:

He tried to climb inside using the pitot/aoa
tube as a handhold.

Fsking brilliant.

I could go on and on about this, but the most telling comment, as I
understand it...... is that his superiors defended him for "doing his
job."

If true, that may be all you need to know...........

Is this the same FAA that was sending airframe inspectors out to do
their rounds in an old Gov't Property fabric-covered Piper with big
tears in the fabric on the fuselage? To where if they were inspecting
their own plane, it would fail? Them?

Heard that one a while back from a former cow-orker who had a pilots
license. And that their supervisor overrode their repair requests and
complaints and told them to 'Get to work!'

"50,000 spare parts flying in close formation, and every one of them
made by the low bidder..."

-- Bruce --