Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Could be. That's why I said "allegedly". I know a guy who had a mechanic deny everything after an in-flight failure, leaving him holding the bag for the fed... he had a CJO too.
THe mechanic had every right to. If the guy had a leg to stand on, he'd have had completed paperwork with the mechanic's signature. As he didn't have that, he was holding the bag. The aircraft is unairworthy without that signature. Signature first, fly second.