| The revision in force when the work was done |
Check the controlled copy, then check whether the shop copy matched. |
The revision at that date, with the record of who held it. |
| Whether the person who signed was qualified to |
Training records, cross-referenced by hand against the signature. |
Qualification checked against the sign-off at the moment it happened. |
| Calibration status when the measurement was taken |
Certificates in a folder, matched to dates manually. |
Calibration status on the measurement date, and what was affected if it lapsed. |
| Every condition report on a system, and its closure |
Two logs and the ones handled informally. |
One list, each with disposition, cause, and the action that closed it. |
| Whether a corrective action actually worked |
A closure date, and a hope. |
Effectiveness recorded against the action that claimed it. |
| Records for a job from a decade ago |
Days of assembly, if the people involved are still here. |
An evidence package assembled on request, traceable to source records. |
| What everyone did, and when |
Reconstructed from memory and email. |
Recorded automatically on every action, and never edited after. |