Michael A. Terrell wrote in article
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Hawke wrote:

You missed something here. It isn't the union workers that determine
what
work is to be done on the planes. The union doesn't own the planes the
company does.


No responsible worker will sign off on bad work, or work not done.



We're not talking "responsible workers" here.

We're talking "it's-not-my-job, UNION workers.

See Tweety Bird's explaination/excuse below.

Sure, the mechanics were not TOLD to inspect the planes, but they still
signed off on the planes being safe after performing other work on them -
knowing that the planes were on the list for the inspection.



All the company does is hire the mechanics to do the work they
assign to them. If they only give them half the assignments the FAA
says are
required it's not the responsibility of the union workers to fix that.
If an
airline is cutting costs that endanger that safety of the public it's
up to
the agency that oversees the industry to do something about it. Not the
flight attendants, mechanics, or baggage handlers. So you are barking
up the
wrong tree and are blaming the wrong people. But that is to be expected
when
you are always looking to find fault with a union. In other words, when
you're biased.