We were all like, WTF. Photos were taken and sent; I really hope someone got fired.
This also led us to taking the aircraft completely apart and checking every nook and cranny. Found FOD and such in random places.
As a vet, this frustrates the hell out of me. We are trained to look out for one another and, especially in the case of aircraft maintenance, we are trained to police ourselves and each other.
Yes, we also had strict guidance and checklists, and we followed them (sometimes only as best as we could depending on the situation, like combat zones, lack of supplies, etc). But, paramount above all that was safety and making sure whatever we did impacted safety in a positive way.
Going into the civilian world, it frustrates the hell out of me how lazy everyone could be with things that could literally kill somebody if maintained incorrectly.
And honestly it really surprises me a little how much of this about Boeing is coming out into the lime light. I thought their standards would be higher.