Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Gotta remembr that Boeing is all about selling new airplanes. Taking the jet back to Boeing was error #1 if they wanted it repaired.
Spit on the floor? Boeing will tell you that saliva causes unrepairable corrosion and you had better ... buy a new airplane. Saw a few good people lose careers after getting snookered on this deal.
Did the pilots get fired?
I worked at Mesa when I got hired here (2000). After I left, my crash pad roommate lost his job for a tail strike he didn't do. Showed up at 6:00 am in ROA for a flight to DCA I think, FO does walk around in the dark without a flashlight and doesn't notice any damage. They take off and can't pressurize. On landing, they find the tail had been struck, on landing the night before, and the pilots didn't say anything.