Every third week in January our test and measurement equipment must be calibrated. Most of the equipment is inspected in house by a third party and is only tied up for one day. The few instruments that require specialized equipment must be sent out.
This practice was dictated by a government agency a few years ago when we received a multi-assembly contract for a device that flies on the USAF C130 and NOAA P3 "Hurricane Hunters'. This cal check is really in the company's best interest because it guarantees that we're not getting false data due to an equipment mafunction or drift.
SO it should be of no surprise to anyone when the equipment that has been scattered to the four corners of building is collected and this cal is performed.
Right...
One of the software geeks was looking for an AFG (arbitrary function generator - HOW DO YOU CALIBRATE SOMETHING THAT'S ARBITRARY?) today which was boxed up and ready for pickup. Well, one of our esteemed fearless leaders barks out this gem "Open the box, get it back here, if you need to use it we shouldn't let them disturbe our development. It's a courtesy afterall."
ugh?!
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