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| coppercone2:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/02/22/0812248/after-inspecting-50-airplanes-boeing-found-foreign-object-debris-in-35-fuel-tanks I did hear this is a commonish problem for people scared of label makers and excel |
| SiliconWizard:
Nice. :-X |
| Domagoj T:
|O 400/50/35 (planes waiting for delivery/inspected planes/contaminated planes), that's just pathetic. Makes you wonder about the rest of the worldwide fleet (~400 planes delivered). Heads should be rolling. |
| coppercone2:
--- Quote from: Domagoj T on February 22, 2020, 06:58:13 pm --- |O 400/50/35 (planes waiting for delivery/inspected planes/contaminated planes), that's just pathetic. Makes you wonder about the rest of the worldwide fleet (~400 planes delivered). Heads should be rolling. --- End quote --- this is actually a common problem with aerospace, like satellite thrust systems often have wadding from pipe work cleaning left in them that causes problems. But its 100% a management/accountability problem. You simply need detailed inspection and high wages (employee satisfaction) to do this job right. Ancient Egyptians can do this (ok maybe they need a boroscope) if they wanted to. All you need to do is send ANOTHER guy to look at it after the first guy comes out covered in sweat that did all the work etc. Yes, to see if there is a fucking piece of cotton or scrap of caulk left behind, for 30$ an hour. I read the main complaints are that its uncomfortable angles, pain in the ass work, etc.. all that means is that you need more people to do inspections. Shorter work times, more breaks, time off, more people. Aerospace is supposed to be good at doing this! It's a 'simple' job that requires more care then terrestrial work. |
| Domagoj T:
--- Quote from: coppercone2 on February 22, 2020, 07:31:08 pm ---But its 100% a management/accountability problem. --- End quote --- Oh, yes, certainly. Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming the workers. I'm blaming the system where there is not someone whose job is to count the tools at the end of work day and pester everybody to return the tools at their proper place as soon as they're done with it. And not allow anybody to leave the area without their boot covers (if they are supposed to have them). I know it's hard sometimes, and I will admit I'm guilty of that myself, but I know where all my tools are (somewhere on the workbench, of course, probably). Also, my work is far from life or death serious. Yes, this sort of stuff can happen (and does with surprising frequency) even during surgeries where a piece of equipment or gauze is left in the patient. http://www.asaabstracts.com/strands/asaabstracts/abstract.htm?year=2013&index=8&absnum=4400 That's why they use (or at least there is the tech that allows the usage of) barcode counting system. What goes in, must come out. Why is Boeing not using something like that (or if they do, why is it so ineffective? |
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