[NavVet]

Bag in my Sub days, we used to always take the welders to sea with us for sea trials after any major welding job.

[Ronin]

Sounds like a very good plan to me.

[madison10]

Back in my Sub days, we used to always take the welders to sea with us for sea trials after any major welding job.

Smart move.Workers would think twice about messing up if they knew THEY would have to be one of the guinea pigs.

[VOA]

Bag in my Sub days, we used to always take the welders to sea with
us for sea trials after any major welding job.

I understand there is a similar land-lubbers tradition in Russia:
bridge-builders AND their families have to stand under a new bridge
for the first day of operations.

[FreedomPoster]

Sounds reasonable to me. That ought to be SOP, and known up front to the welders.