Jana,

I didn't know this thing was a flex circuit. I could tell you some stories
about this business. So can my old pal Earl Zawicki (EZ). He and I worked
for a well known board house Southern California some 20 years ago. The
company was proud of making the most difficult boards imaginable at that
time and even now. The motto was that we would build anything for the right
price.

Most often EZ (fine young process engineer he was) and the team would do the
trick. However, sometimes it couldn't be done after assuring the customer it
could. If EZ is lurking, he might tell a story or two that no amount of
inspection, process control, or DFM would cure.

You just might have one of those stories to tell someday soon. I hope not
for your sake. No matter, your inspection efforts or the suppliers will do
no good. You just may have to take what you can get out of your 100%
inspection efforts and be happy.

Earl

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