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Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc
Foreign object damage or foreign object debris as others have stated . Basically anything found inside the aircraft that shouldn't be there is considered FOD . It can be metal shavings to tools and everything in between . All FOD is a no no but in our shop any FOD found in fuel tank bladders REALLY got everyone's attention .
DCMA ( government oversight quality ) would really make life miserable ( rightly so ) if FOD was a repeat offender . Just think about how many rivets are in a C130 . Then make sure there are NO SHAVINGS anywhere . Tough work but we were paid well and proudly delivered bird after bird with minimal issues .
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In my 30yrs as an engineer at Douglas/McDonnell Douglas/Boeing, I had annual FOD training even though I was not involved in the production process. When I needed to visit a line, there were signs everywhere in the factory and on the aircraft warning about FOD. You would have to be blind not to see them.