[ThunderSleeps]

Saw nearly that exact thing back in the late 1980s. A technician with decades of experience and kids older than the engineer tried to tell this guy it wasn't going to work. His exact words I will remember forever: "I engineer, you technician, you do as I say!" (English was a second language to the engineer) Well, as expected it was ah "non-functional" ... yeah, let's just call it that. No-one was hurt by it anyway...

Humbling for this young engineer just out of school even though I was just a witness to the comedy/tragedy. Taught me to respect good ideas, no matter where they come from. The engineer starring in the little drama however didn't learn that lesson. He didn't last too long, I think maybe 4 or 5 months IIRC.

[Sawdring]

Engineers Vs. mechanics. The age old battle, the age old symbiosis. You can’t have one without the other!

[Bratch]

I worked on the launch team at one of the Ford Plants.

When we were building prototypes, occasionally we would try to explain that a new part would be nearly impossible to install at the line speed that was required. The engineers generally ignored us, but when we’d get back to the plant, an extra body would be required to attach the part without shutting the line down.

It’s a lot different installing a part on a CAD program than it is on the assembly line.