They have, but at least they know how critical it is to REPORT the Damage. In my 26 years with the Airline, I have seen several A/C incidents, but have NEVER have known of any that were not reported. Most of these Boneheads that work for the vendors don't know squat, and could care less about anything for their poverty wages. Remember that these folks are a level below the McDonalds crowd. It is no secret that there is a revolving door of employees with these contract vendors.
Yes you can blame it on Outsourcing!! As stated in the last sentence of your post,training & supervision are severely lacking with these "Fly-by-Night" vendors. They get the contract with their low ball bids, and do the bare minimums when it comes to training their poeple. As soon as you get a few of them trained, they leave and you have another group of newbies to work with. Please keep in mind that with the wages that these vendors are paying that very few of these workers are there for the long term.
many years ago shortly after I just recieved my A&P tickets I went to work for a MOH facility which did only contract third party work. an incident occured when a mechanic cut thru a stringer in a cargo and tried to cover his mistake with primer, fortunately a Q/A inspector caught it before the floorboards were reinstalled. An Investigation did lead to this mechanic and his termination, but I wonder how many more Incidents like this have gone un-detected? the key word here is "THIRD PARTY CONTRACT" these people have NO loyalty to these outfits, the turnover rate is atrocious, and the training is a joke!
