Senior Master Sgt.
Maintainers use technical orders like preachers use bibles.
In fact, technical orders, called TOs, are their Bible. Augmentor metering plates regulate the air pressure for the augment or fuel pump. If not installed the fuel pump could receive too much air, causing the fuel pump to put out too much fuel pressure. The end result is a ruptured fuel oil cooler and massive fuel leak. And every time a rupture occurs, maintainers also must change a number of other components, which is why the award amount was so high.