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Start program

What are some of the dumbest reasons you were put in the START program?

I’ve had anything from not getting a engine download and clearing up a trouble to p–ping in the lady’s bathroom.

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Refusing to participate in a Ns midget p––n film

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Post ID: @tzvi+19ZxwgT4

I got a start minor for rubbing one off in the bathroom. The women in there turned me in.

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Post ID: @ckce+19ZxwgT4

I’m not a supervisor, but I have heard from several sources over the years from management and craft that 10% of your workforce should be in the start program at all times. If not then management looks bad.

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Post ID: @7jcl+19ZxwgT4

If you are a pain in the a–, you'll get a start for a dumb reason. If some PEQerhead shows up in your yard, you'll get a start for a dumb reason.

Do your job, you need several of them before you lose your job anyway unless you do something extremely dumb.

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Post ID: @7zuj+19ZxwgT4

Only Start I ever had was by forgetting a rule I should have remembered- my fault. I admitted it and took my Serious. If you are getting Starts for such dumb reasons you probably deserve them for getting caught or having targets on your back.

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Post ID: @6cas+19ZxwgT4

Never had one.

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Post ID: @3yof+19ZxwgT4

Missed a PTC departure test on a trail motor . Everyone knows only the lead PTC motor controls it all . They’re id–ts

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Post ID: @2xdg+19ZxwgT4

Got a start letter for eating a sandwich in the bathroom then they turned around and promoted me to upper management for being sooooo efficient

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Post ID: @2qrz+19ZxwgT4

You could tie your shoes and end up with a start letter. Company has become a F N joke

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Post ID: @2qto+19ZxwgT4

One guy in my shop got it for using too many crew packs... Another guy got a letter for using a chrome wrench... I got a start minor for a missing first aid kit, but there was a zip tie on the box so I just assumed it was good...

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