F22 midsection assembly, I had to remove a thick bracket that was riveted on to a bulkhead. I was tapping on a rivet to remove it with a medium sized balpine and a punch having drilled a small hole through it allready.
Some production supervisor came flying across the floor screaming at me to stop. Said nobody gets to use a hammer on (his) air craft. Told him I didn't work for him kick rocks. Told me to go get my supervisor, again informed him of who I worked for and I don't do fetch. Kept working, good one out of over a dozen solid rivets removed.
My useless boss showed up told me to stop and return to shop, oky dokey.
A week later my boss brang me back.
3 more rivets out 2 buggered up holes, nice !
They wanted me to start since they were behind and said didn't know if the replacement part would work.
Told them I would be back monday as I had a 3 day fishing trip pre planned.
Furthermore new that the replacement part would work since I built it and the engineer copied it to print.
A little expertise and a balpine goes a long way.