Expensive Mistakescoopsweb asks "What's the most expensive mistake you've ever made? Should I mention a certain employee who caused 4 hours worth of delays in Central London and got his company fined £500k?"
No points for stories about the time you had a few and thought it'd be a good idea to wrap your car around a bollard. Or replies consisting of "my wife".
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chthonic, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 11:26)
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I work for an aircraft company, I can't say which one.Whilst carrying out an extensive modification, one young lad, who of his own opinion, had been everywhere and done most everything, was tasked with drilling some holes.
These holes used existing holes in the airframe to match to the new component, and were difficult to view. Anyway , when the supervisor checks correct alignment, he sees not one misdrilled bodged up hole, but 30 plus completely fucked up mangled attempts instead of a row of neat and round (to +/- .004").
Result- major repair , costing (including future maintenance) around $7,000,000.AUD
Oh and young tacker gets moved to a different job where he doesn't get to play with sharp things.
(, Sat 27 Oct 2007, 0:34, 1 reply)
well,I was impressed at myself knacking 3 grotty old vans in a week; that kid has pissed on me from an amazing height.
(, Sat 27 Oct 2007, 0:52, closed)
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