[IC Ken]

As I understood it they must put their name on the planes they inspect and work on. They must sign off that the plane is safe. If they are to be accountable then when they say a plane is not safe. I will go with them. Again they must sign off on the safety of the plane.

[JoSixChip]

The airline blames the mechanics union

Anthing to do with the union I do not trust. That being said, when I came out of the Air Force in 82 as an air frame repair specialist. I was amazed at how dirty the inside of civilian aircraft were compared to military ones. And this was comparing C-5s and C-141s to civilian citation and lear jets!

[DesertRhino]

https://flydango.net/dissension-flares-into-lawsuit-filed-against-southwest-mechanics-union/

Here is the Lawsuit SWA filed against the Mechanics and details the actions the Mechanics took to ground planes just to hurt the airline during negotiations.