Originally Posted by nthach
Originally Posted by PimTac
I agree.
Boeing does need to clean up their assembly habits and deal with this FOD problem.
When I toured the Everett facility 4 years ago, I saw FOD prevention posters all over the place there, granted the public tour is only allowed on the catwalk observation decks but we did walk through the hangar floor very close to the 777 production line.
It was Boeing's oldest facility and union - I wonder if the non-union Charleston facility that was once part of Voight/Alenia Aerospace has laxer rules about FOD in place?
The rules should be the same across all facilities and lines.
That might be the same as make sure those Lincoln's are ship shape but for the Fords, it's okay to leave a mess.
Union or not it's the workers responsibility to stick to the rules.