Originally Posted by
MistWolf
None of us were there. None of us have any idea what happened. As a technician with over three decades of training and experience, I will tell you the only person who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything. The mistake could be the result of something as simple as a brain fart. It could been cause by fatigue, distraction, complacency or the brain misplacing a decimal point. It could have been cause incompetence, but the mistake doesn't mean incompetence is the cause. Armorers, machinists, mechanics and other craftsmen work hard at their trade to get it right every time and when we don't, it hurts our pride. No one is harder on us about our mistakes than we ourselves are. When a mistake is made, we analyze what happens and take steps to prevent it from happening in the first place. There are exceptions, but most people take pride in what they do and strive to give the customer a good product.
I thought we had more respect for ourselves than be so quick to judge someone who isn't even here to defend their self, with so few facts and before giving them a chance to respond to the problem.
As far as the last statement, is this your first day on the forums?
I agree totally with what you are saying, the problem I have is no disclosure - I thought the same as several others, that the guy doing the pin and weld didn't want to get in trouble. If he did the Q&C on the project as well, the argument then is about the companies internal practices.
I had a slide off for work at a pretty well-known shop. I get a call from the guy one day saying that the only charge was for the sights as he had violated one of his own rules and allowing folks in the machine room and was BS'ing with a buddy as he milled the dovetail. The result was that he milled the wrong dovetail - IIRC a Novak cut for a Heinie rear. He explained how he had safely welded the the dovetail and then milled the proper dovetail.
When I received the slide, I closely examined it (without removing the sight) and I couldn't tell what had been done. So, the guy hadn't needed to tell on himself and could have charged me full price with me still being very happy. For that reason I have sent other work his way without hesitation.
That, IMO, is the way this should have been handled, unless, as mentioned, the person doing the work didn't disclose the error to management.
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