I agree Tomas. I feel like I learned the "right" way, in the Navy.
Once, at an unnamed FAA repair station, I removed and balanced a rudder from a DC-9 after the aircraft was painted.
When I told my supervisor I needed to order weights to adjust it, he smeared sealant all along the inside edge to give it weight. Then when that wasn't enough, he started putting loose hardware into the sealant.
This was anathema to me. I told him if it was going to stay like that, he could forget my signature being on the work. Perhaps the an FAA inspector would want to look at it. People fly on these planes. Those kinds of things.
He cleaned it up himself.
Then he told me something to the effect of "You're not a real aircraft mechanic."
I told him I am a real aircraft mechanic, one of the ingredients is Integrity.
I think I got an extra dose of the tenet, because I was originaly trained to work with ejection seats & canopy jettison systems, oxygen systems etc., and I knew that the lives of aircrews were going to be in my hands. I took it seriously.
Thanks for the heads-up on that image link, that one slipped right past me.
ksbman, I like and agree with your tenet, as well. I don't understand why some would disagree with it.
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When you decide to put your logo on some buttons I'll buy a couple.
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I was thinking more about a patch, to be worn on a jacket or hat, when I made it. Well, that's after I painted it on my toolbox.