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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how many cents they saved by not ensuring the bolts were properly tightened.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Probably more than you think. This strikes me as an understaffing issue in the factory. Loose bolts happen when the person who is supposed to verify the work has been done correctly, is busy doing work elsewhere on the plane. Understaffing causes people to pitch-in to make deadlines, or to ease the burden on their co-workers. Seems trivial at first, but with airplanes, this behavior gets people killed.