[Bill Douglas]

Do an unoffical audit. You must have an idea of what parts are purchased and can find out who your suppliers are and what the bits cost. Even if he is scamming an extra hour or two here and there it is cheaper than getting an engineer in for this and a different engineer in for that.


Edit: A trick I used to do to get onside with people like this would be to approch him and say "I appreciate the skills and knowledge you have in this field and I wonder if you could help me. Upper mamagement has asked me to cut costs in maintenance and expenditure so could you show me around and tell me what you have planned so I can back you up if they start making demands."