Originally Posted by JohnBurke

Failure to attach the vertical stabilizer is a bit of a humdinger there, brightspark. That wasn't a UAL or SWA or AA airplane that came apart at 8,000' on departure, then flew to the destination with 95 passengers aboard and very little holding what was left in place, having been attached with the wrong size bolts, wrong part numbers, wrong parts, wrong procedures, old sealant, improper or no torque, etc. But hey, take it, or leave it. No biggie.