Maintenance and especially preventative maintenance are imperative in aviation.
No pulling into the breakdown lane, popping the hood and calling AAA at 30,000 feet.
It was my gig for 37 years. 6 in the private sector, 31 with the DoD attached to the US Navy.
The Navy aircraft Maintenance was less than stellar......federal government employees basically impervious to termination working on jets, jet engines and vertical lift aircraft. Many hired through affirmative action hiring policies.....let that sink in for a minute.
To this day I still look back in disbelief that a class A mishap never occurred.
My dad’s squadron fixed a damaged wing on an F-8U with Bondo...