...and the FAA is also considering the unusual tactic of eventually taking punitive action against individual mechanics or supervisors who may have signed off on substandard work.
Anyone else find this interesting? As pilots if we do do anything 'substandard' or unusual, the FAA will go after us individually with a vengance. But it is an 'unusual tactic' for the FAA to go after mechanics or inspectors who are 'substandard'? Wow, I thought all of us in safety sensitive positions were held to the same level.
Now if we could just get management held to that standard as well...