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INSPECTOR AT of FIRM 'AMAZED AT a POOR STANDARDS' he an By COLIN RANDALL A FORMER engineering inspector Bristol at Westland Helicopters told a industrial tribunal yesterday that he conducted a one-man campaign against shoddy workmanship, waste and theft 6 6 which finally led to him being sent to Coventry" by colleagues. Mr DOUGLAS VANN, 59, now a 50-a-week after more than 30 years in the shop assistant, aviation industry, said he was amazed at poor encountered during two spells at the standards he firm's plant in Westonresistance to an internal job super-Mare, Avon, which transfer. employs 1,600 people. He told the tribunal victimised the company had Mr Vann, of Wadham him because he did his job Street, Weston-super-Mare, correctly by pointing out errors described cases of allegedly and poor workmanship. unskilled or semi But Mr RONALD JONES, repreworkmen earning skilled senting the company, made it rates complete but repeatedly to required failing challenged Mr Vann's judgclear that Westland strongly to ment on competence and jobs prostandards.

cedures and also his version of He claims the stores depart- the events leading to his ment supplied incorrect resignation. material for work on Wessex He pointed out that after other aircraft and said the Falklands war, defence staff were known to wander in chiefs in praising the for motor cycle or boat of Westland helicopters, and help themselves to material 6 6 unbelievable achievements" way beyond peace-time limits. Mr. departure Vann from his contends that £140-a-week his difficult According to relationship Mr with Vann, cer- his The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday, March 28, 1984 Johnnie Walker is recognised everywhere. Walker A Whi Johnnie Scutch 1.13 Johnnie Old Scotch Ala vol JOHNNIE WALKER RED LABEL.

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the HELICOPTER on his complaints, while he was off sick. stores were made tidier and more then he was 6 6 sent to Coventry." I returned to work, I noticed in the park that no one would speak to me. It is obviously because they were no longer allowed to go into the stores and help themselves to materials." his persistent efforts to have storeman, Mr. Roger Pallet, whom he regarded as errorprone, transferred to less critical duties. He also alleged that when first moved to the stores as inspector, he had never seen such a place in such a filthy, untidy state." Despite the importance of aircraft materials, people were to walk in and out and virtually help themselves, he said.

Vann said that the company did finally appear to act 6 Shoddy workmanship' After a series of meetings and correspondence failed to produce an agreement, Mr Vann ultimately refused to accept a transfer although he acknowledged that some jobs offered to him were better and cleaner than the one he had been doing. Mr Vann joined Westland in 1975 as a fitter-machinist, finishing off machine made parts by hand. My total first lack of impressions were discipline, very much from what I had been and different, absolutely shoddy work," he said. He left after two years, for another job but returned in 1978 as a survey inspector of rotorblades. But he said, the workmanship was still shoddy.

The Princess of Wales wearing a striped bow with a Royal blue outfit when she visited Cardiff yesterday to open the £350,000 Welsh National Opera building. Mrs Thatcher outlines Tory help for jobless Board is expected to announce a verdict shortly on the appeal by Mr Brian Waterall, chief metallurgist at the Royal Ordnance factory, Nottingham, against dismissal by the Ministry of Defence. His dismissal was, ordered after it was discovered that 275 components for medium-range artillery guns were sub-standard because the results of quality control tests had been tampered with. By JAMES WIGHTMAN Political Correspondent THE Prime Minister last night took the opportunity presented by a Commons written answer to a Labour MP to answer the charge regularly levelled against her, that she does not care enough VERDICT ON about the unemployed. In a reply to Mr Andrew and SACKED MoD Bennett, MP for Denton Reddish, she the listed long-term six moves un- MAN SOON to help employed since the Conserva- Daily Telegraph Reporter tives returned to Government THE Civil Service Appeals in 1979 The answer was similar to one by Mrs Thatcher on March 8 when she described at length the Government's objectives for the remainder of this Parliament but, to the disappointment some Conservative Ps, dior not mention specific action the jobless.

That statement was in reply to what was widely seen as a planted question, tabled by Mr Edward Taylor, Conservative MP for Southend East. tion came from a Although last night's. quesit enabled Mrs Thatcher to put on record what the Government has done for the unemployed. Since May 1979, the Government has: More than maintained price protection for those on supplementary benefit, which is the main source of income support for people unemployed year or more. In November 1983 the real value of supplementary benefit scale rates was per cent.

higher than in November 1978. Jobless students Extended automatic to the supplementary benefit long term scale rate to unemployed men aged 60 or over. Introduced the community programme to provide long-term unemployed people with temporary jobs of community benefit, including some element of training or opportunities for training. This programme was helping 112,000 people at the end of January 1984. Made funds.

available to the Opens 1983-84-specially to million assist unemployed students with fees; and Introduced a three-year centrally funded development programme to improve educational opportunities for unemployed people, at a cost of £212 million. Introduced the Enterprise Allowance scheme, which provides a flat rate allowance for up to 12 months incentive to those unemployed people who wish to set up their own businesses but are deterred from doing so because they would lose their entitlement to unemployment or supplementary benefit. Weapons tested All the weapons affected were test fired and all fired successfully but where it was feared a component might not be up to Royal Ordnance standard it was replaced both for the British armed services and for foreign customers. The defect in the quality control system at Nottingham is believed to have come to light after a subordinate of Mr Waterall made a complaint. The Defence Ministry is refusing to give any details as the issue could be relevant evidence if Mr Waterall loses his case before the Appeals Board and decides to go to an industrial tribunal claiming wrongful dismissal.

VIOLET CARSON LEAVES £193,000 Violet Carson, the actress, pianist and singer, who died last December, aged 85, left £193,190 net (£194,602 gross) in her will published yesterday. Among her many bequests to charities she left £2,000 to Grand Theatre Trust, Blackpool; £1,000 to Sharp Street Ragged School, Manchester and £500 Friends of Manchester Cathedral. The rest goes to her sister and executrix, Nellie Kelly, of Blackpool. Latest wills-P18 SAFETY NEST Artificial birds' nests be being built by the Welsh Water Au hority in a £3 million flood protection scheme for Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan. Nesting pipes are being incorporated high up in the flood to enable sand martins to nest in safety..