Originally Posted by
HuggyU2
OK, this really is not true.
The Spang incident is a one-off. It was tragic all around, including the bad decision to prosecute. Did anyone actually go to jail?
No one went to jail, but one guy took his life because of that general that wanted them to. In the end it came down to the TO being wrong.
But for us maintainers that work an AF ramp, that's our reality and it's in our brain from day one. Thank God I took care my airplane and didn't have to push the test button. For every maintainer on the ramp, it is true.