Not buying the "it was stupid" excuse. Her job was metallurgical testing. She was paid to do it. Anyone who knows anything about metal knows temperature has a large impact on strength and the character qualities of the metal.
When confronted with the falsified results, Ms Thomas suggested that in some cases she gave metal positive results because she thought it was “stupid” that the Navy required the tests to be conducted at -100F (-70C), the Associated Press reports.
Dry ice is all it takes to get to -100* F. So it's not like it was going to take a huge effort to test as specified.
I get paid to do a job, and if I don't do it, I will be reprimanded, and I could be terminated.
So, did she not test because it was stupid, or because they knew it would fail? I think there is more to the story that we haven't seen yet.
Not buying the "it was stupid" excuse. Her job was metallurgical testing. She was paid to do it. Anyone who knows anything about metal knows temperature has a large impact on strength and the character qualities of the metal.
Dry ice is all it takes to get to -100* F. So it's not like it was going to take a huge effort to test as specified.
I get paid to do a job, and if I don't do it, I will be reprimanded, and I could be terminated.
So, did she not test because it was stupid, or because they knew it would fail? I think there is more to the story that we haven't seen yet.