That one inspector who made me redo a 20-minute job for 3 hours straight

Had this guy from the FAA subcontractor come through our hangar in Detroit about 4 months ago. I was doing a simple panel screw replacement on a CRJ, had it done in 20 minutes tops. He watched me the whole time, then said my torque sequence was off by one fastener. Made me take every screw back out, re-torque them in a specific order he wrote on a napkin, then check each one with his personal torque wrench. Took me until 7 PM. Has anyone else had an inspector like this?

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the_kai2mo ago

Think you mean a CRJ series, not just a CRJ.

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shane_williams42mo ago

Oh man, that's such a classic mix-up though. I swear @the_kai, people do the same thing with car models all the time, like calling any SUV a Jeep. It's like we just grab the brand name and run with it instead of the actual model.

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