Quote: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.

 

 

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?

ok lets just say you are a tech of some kind and you see some trash laying on the floor on your way to your work station where you need to analyze some data another department need asap...There is a crew of clean up people assigned to the company who empty the garbage and do general clean up...do you take the little bit of time to do what the clean up crew is getting paid to do and keep the department waiting or do you go to your work station and get busy and let the clean up crew do the job they are getting paid to do? 

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