Quote:Once people start doing somebody else's job for them, whether it is emptying bins or whatever it's a slippery slope for that guys role becoming redundant you being asked to do more work and a man with a family now unemployed.

 

It's not a matter of people "doing somebody else's job for them", it's common sense.  If a trash can is full and getting ready to overflow, do you just wait for it to overflow or do you do the simple task of emptying it while simultaneously doing something else (even if it's to take a break)?  Nobody is saying that this worker will all of the sudden have to sweep/mop floors, vacuum office spaces or clean the restrooms.  It's simply about identifying a problem and resolving it in an efficient way.  It makes everybody's job easier.

 

Quote:so the people who have the job of keeping trash and debris off the grounds is a stupid job? 

 

I never said that.  It's two different things.  I said that the idea of a "FOD crew" is pretty much a stupid idea no matter what you want to name it.  It's a specific job, not a general job such as "keeping trash and debris off the grounds".

 

Let me ask you this.  Specifically in the environment that we are talking about (an aviation flight line) what would the "FOD crew" do when there is no FOD on the line, taxi ways or runways?  How would you justify paying a "FOD crew" when the worker in the example that Dakota gave was perfectly capable of taking care of the problem with minimal effort and time?

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