SHOP TECHNICIANS WERE ADVISED LAYERING; OR PIGGYBACKING; OF A COMPOSITE REPAIR ON LAVATORY MODULES FOR AIRBUS 300 ACFT WAS IN NON COMPLIANCE.

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I WAS INFORMED BY MGMNT THAT LAYERING OF MATERIALS; KNOWN AS 'PIGGYBACKING'; WAS AN 'ILLEGAL' PROCESS. MY RESEARCH WAS PERFORMED AND COMPLETED BY DEC/WED/02 AND COULD NOT FIND ANY DOCUMENTATION STATING THAT THIS PROC WAS 'ILLEGAL.' LEADERSHIP DID NOT TAKE THE PROPER STEP TO PUT PROJECTS INTO WORK IN A TIMELY MANNER. LACK OF INFO IN ESO; ECO; CCM; ON INSTALLATION OF DECORATIVE MATERIAL. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO RPTED ON ACN 570590: A-300 LAVATORIES THAT COME INTO THE SHOP FOR REPAIR ARE SENT BACK TO THE ACFT WITH MULTIPLE LAYERS OF MATERIAL ON THEM; WHICH IS KNOWN AS 'PIGGYBACKING.' I CAN'T FIND OUT IF THIS IS AN ILLEGAL PRACTICE AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD. SO; I DECIDED TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND DISCLOSE THIS. I HAVE NEVER PIGGYBACKED MATERIAL; AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO STOP IT FROM HAPPENING. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO RPTED ON ACN 570800: I WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO THE PIGGYBACKING PROCESS; AND IT HAS BEEN A SHOP PRACTICE FOR YRS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO RPTED ON ACN 570801: YRS AGO; I PIGGYBACKED SOME PARTS IN MY SHOP. AT THE TIME; IT WAS SHOP PRACTICE. I STOPPED PIGGYBACKING; AND NOW STRIP ALL PAPER OFF WALLS.