Totally.
And in a sane world they’d have found a piece of sheet aluminum, formed it over the leading edge divot this moron caused, affixed it with some hi-speed aluminum tape, and gone back into service.
Two days to install hi-speed tape??????? Are you kidding me? I have personally put tape on aircraft, and they flew out 30 minutes later, typical airline mechanic time. It must have been a government operation. Two days—what a joke. By the way, they did not use hi-speed tape; they used duct tape. I saw pictures of the repair. Having worked 19 years for a major airline, I do know the difference.