Inside Story - Airframe Liaison 101

Here is a liaison engineer tip sheet that has been passed around for years.

If you have new suggestions for the newbies, add that to the list.

Do the impossible
1. Remove and replace hole
2. Melt down and re-pour
4. Beat to fit, hammer to shape, paint to match
5. Rework to what blueprint is supposed to be
7. Remove interference and replace with gap
10. Radius out and fair in – do no remove any material.
18. Make it fit
19. Sand blat part until it isn’t
20. Add sufficient paint to obtain blueprint wall thickness

It's Up to You
13. Hit the SOB with a big hammer – maybe it will fit then
16. Apply a good coat of Vaseline and get a good running start
6. I can’t understand the drawing either, make it like you want
8. After you mess up the above disposition, resubmit for scrap
12. Inspect quality into discrepant area

Let's Make It Easy for Both of US
3. Use as was
9. Scrap, I can’t think of anyway to fix it.
11. Resubmit for use as is.
14. You are only 100% out of tolerance, use as is
15. Us as is, Send it to next position and see if they can get it to work
17. Use as is. Production schedule overrides good engineering
21. Use as is – No feasible repair