I've already shown them that this doesn't meet spec. It's not the only part that doesn't, we designed in a bunch that way, though not nearly as bad (a long story), What I really need to tell them is WHY the spec says there should be an IPC-610 joint (or even a IPC7351 design, for that matter). I've expressed my reliability concerns based on stress points, etc., but they look a part, and board, and solder, and think they can ship it and not worry. We will have about 1200 of these installed, they aren't seeing a problem.
Pete